How to spell kick

hear itkick/kɪk/verbRules and real life

What it means: To strike with the foot.

In a sentence: The boy loves to kick the ball in the park.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as kik or kikc.

Same family: kicks, kicked, kicking, kickoff, sidekick. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Kick comes from Middle English and probably has Scandinavian roots, related to Old Norse words meaning ‘to bend’ or ‘to curl.’ It first appeared in English around the 14th century, originally describing a kind of movement or twist before becoming the common sports word we use today.

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