: providing a kick or thrill : exciting
also
: excitingly fashionable
Examples of kicky in a Sentence
needing one last kicky experience in my life, I decided to try bungee jumping
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McEntire strutted across the stage in black sequined leggings, boots, a shiny belt buckle and suede jacket bedazzled with turquoise and fringe, topped with her red hair pulled back in a kicky pony tail.
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Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Hmong sausage, made in collaboration with neighboring Lowry Hill Provisions, comes with sticky rice and a kicky sweet and sour sauce.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The kitchen has a kicky red-and-white palette, with red pulls on all the drawers and cabinets, and has been recently renovated.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2025
Lohan, a gifted actor whose career has had some shaky turns, is left to build a performance on her costumes, an assortment of allegedly kicky but in reality horrifically ugly teenage-girl getups.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
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Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025
Hmong sausage, made in collaboration with neighboring Lowry Hill Provisions, comes with sticky rice and a kicky sweet and sour sauce.
—Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
The kitchen has a kicky red-and-white palette, with red pulls on all the drawers and cabinets, and has been recently renovated.
—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 19 Aug. 2025
Lohan, a gifted actor whose career has had some shaky turns, is left to build a performance on her costumes, an assortment of allegedly kicky but in reality horrifically ugly teenage-girl getups.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for kicky
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“Kicky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/kicky. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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