sack dance n.— «Well, they both “did what they had to.” Doesn’t mean Al didn’t go home and kick the cat, or George didn’t do a sack dance off screen. They both came out ahead on it by being fairly low key.» —“Re: OT:...
pooch punt n. in American football, a kick made just short of the opposing goal; a kick made for purposes of strategy rather than for scoring a field goal. Also as v., to pooch-punt, to pooch-kick, or to pooch (a ball). Also pooch kick, n. Editorial...
kick v.— «The US.Army Corps of Engineers…launched an investigation into the channel, which was reportedly cut in front of the Whalehead Club by the propeller of DOT workboat. Such a procedure is commonly called “kicking...
kick to sleep v. phr.— «Kick to sleep: Inmates frequently claim that officers threaten to beat them, or “kick them to sleep,” if they don’t behave properly.» —“What the lingo means” by Adam C. Smith, Jo...
dipstick poll n.— «Afterward, he said, he will ask viewers to call a 900 number in a “crude dipstick” poll to determine whether Americans want political reform or not.» —“And now, here’s Ross—again Perot to kick off new...
kick flick
n.— «Ninja III: The Dominiation…—Lucinda Dickey liberates kung fu as the first woman ever to star in a kick flick.» —“Films” Washington Post Nov. 2, 1984. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)