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kick [kik]

(petroleum engineering)

Entry of fluid into the wellbore when the pressure of the column of drilling fluid is insufficient to withstand the pressure of the fluids in the formation being drilled.

(ordnance)

Violent backward movement of a gun after being fired, caused by the rearward force of the propellant gases acting on the gun.

kick

In a brick, a shallow indent or frog.

kick - [IRC] To cause somebody to be removed from a IRC channel, an option only available to CHOPs. This is an extreme measure, often used to combat extreme flamage or flooding, but sometimes used at the chop's whim. Compare gun.

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