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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
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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Apart from his eighteen points, O' Gara continually turned Young Munster around with some giant kicks into touch with Young Munster having to back track to their own 22 having set up camp in their opponent's half.
Apart from his eighteen points, O' Gara continually turned Young Munster around with some giant kicks into touch with Young Munster having to back track to their own 22 having set up camp in their opponent's half.
The news kicks into touch rumours that the 63-year-old TV favourite was not to return to the record-breaking show he has hosted since the age of 26.
 
 
 
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