Synonyms of kicking up one's heels

kicking up one's heels

phrase

present participle of kick up one's heels

1

as in delighting

to feel or express joy or triumph

She kicked up their heels after receiving her acceptance letter.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• delighting
• bragging
• triumphing
• glorying
• joying
• exulting
• rejoicing
• crowing
• exuberating
• jubilating
• kvelling
• showing off
• gloating
• swelling
• boasting
• flaunting
• preening
• swaggering
• parading
• strutting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• weeping
• grieving
• lamenting
• regretting
• bemoaning
• bewailing

2

as in dancing

to play and run about happily

As soon as school let out for summer the kids kicked up their heels.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dancing
• hopping
• leaping
• cutting capers
• skipping
• tumbling
• sporting
• capering
• cavorting
• romping
• rollicking
• frisking
• gamboling
• frolicking
• cutting up
• carrying on
• horsing around
• larking
• reveling
• fooling around
• bounding
• springing
• disporting
• loping
• prancing
• tripping
• carousing
• curvetting
• roistering
• kiting
• clowning
• joyriding
• roughhousing
• skylarking

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• pouting
• sulking
• stewing
• moping