as in exciting
causing great emotional or mental stimulation
needing one last kicky experience in my life, I decided to try bungee jumping
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Recent Examples of kicky
Dek’s race of technologically advanced big-game hunters from outer space has been humanized before — perhaps most notably in Alien vs. Predator, a kicky piece of fan-service from 2004 — but Badlands carries that project much further.
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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
These jackets were contrasted with kicky pleated skirts.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 21 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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Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2025
These jackets were contrasted with kicky pleated skirts.
—Blue Carreon, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
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.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 21 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kicky
Adjective
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Each meal needs to be exciting, easy, healthy, and affordable.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
21 Apr. 2026
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This element of permanence is exciting to Stark, who has created looks for Beyoncé and has her own, body-positive line of lingerie called Panty.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The $10 per-vehicle day-use fee grants access to its breathtaking vistas, amazing hiking trails, and more.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Apr. 2026
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Boston has learned how to turn petri dishes into IPOs with breathtaking speed.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Ruby Mace The most interesting outsider.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Saturday’s 11th inning featured an interesting debate.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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His story is just one intriguing twist in a draft class filled with overachievers.—
Michael Marot,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
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Charlotte also added two intriguing newcomers in Western Carolina/Pittsburgh transfer Cole Gonzales and true freshman Jaylen White, both of whom have impressed the coaching staff during spring practice.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
20 Apr. 2026
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His dancing is easily among the production’s most thrilling assets.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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All of that Midwest mess had cleared out Saturday, setting the stage for some thrilling action on the track.—
The Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
18 Apr. 2026
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That was really inspiring to me.—
Adelle Platon,
VIBE.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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And the band will perform that album’s inspiring and invigorating songs the way they’re meant to be heard, live and in person, on the Congo Square Stage on May 1st.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Kicky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kicky. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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