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kick
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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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The 100th-place finisher at the Boston Marathon could kick butt and take names in cross-country skiing.
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Tinker is a hero of the highest ilk, who doesn't just use her head--she isn't afraid to kick butt, too.
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Celebrate that happy stat on April 13, 2005, the 10th anniversary of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' Kick Butts Day.
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