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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 - [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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He's cock of the school, and head of the School-house side, and the best kick and charger in Rugby.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
Sometimes we had rather rough play, for they would frequently bite and kick as well as gallop.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
Simultaneous with this, Captain Duncan's second kick landed, communicating such propulsion to Michael as to tear his clenched teeth through the flesh and out of the flesh of the fox-terrier.
Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context
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