kick-ass adj.
1. powerful, aggressive, stimulating, thuggish or violent.
in Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dict. (1998). | ||
Q&A 164: ‘You just got out of school, Reilly. I been in the kicks-in-the-ass school all my life’. | ||
Rogue Warrior (1993) 210: I need a kick-ass admin officer. | ||
Wayne’s World II [film script] wayne: I’m talking double-live, gonzo, kick-ass, take-no-prisoners happiness. | et al.||
Wizard of La-La Land (1999) 18: In spite of the kick-in-the-ass jumpstart Joseph Campbell’s PBS series had given them. | ||
Indep. on Sun. 16 Jan. 24: Suddenly, he was six-feet-two of kick-butt Home Secretary. | ||
Get Your Cock Out 92: They started banging around on the drums and bass, searching for kick-ass riffs. | ||
Rubdown [ebook] His openness was engaging and made you want to respond in kind. Especially after a kick-arse double expresso. | ||
Destination: Morgue! (2004) 248: I’ve got a kick-ass will and volition. | ‘Hollywood Fuck Pad’ in||
Truth 132: In the kickarse voice Villani heard the boy who never had a father, only a photograph. | ||
Pando Qly Spring 52/2: The quietest and most modest kick-ass brilliant mind ever to come out of North Carolina. | ||
Crongton Knights 134: Some hot chick from a kick-ass fam. | ||
Silver [ebook] A kick-arse journo. | ||
Trans 55: [E]ven the most kick-ass woman [...] stands by her man. |
2. terrific, exciting.
(con. 1967) Lords of Discipline 378: Man, we had a great night. A fabulous kiss-ass night. | ||
Campus Sl. Oct. 4: kick-ass – impressive, powerful, awesome: That was some kick-ass rock and roll. | ||
Campus Sl. Apr. | ||
People (Sydney) 5 July 18/1: Devised by an ex-Grenadier Guard to sort the men from the soft cocks, the kick-arse event has been running for the past 12 years. | ||
(con. 1979–80) Brixton Rock (2004) 136: A tournament in which the top kick-arse sounds in London would musically cross swords. | ||
Guardian Guide 5–11 Feb. 28: The world was so boring before kick-ass crazy guys like myself [...] made all this mad culture that is now part of the culture. | ||
Dreamcatcher 7: Jackson Browne [...] put on a kick-ass show. | ||
Stingray Shuffle 149: I spent the money on a six-month kick-ass cocaine party. | ||
Peepshow [ebook] We’ll have to go out some time for a kick-arse curry. | ||
Alphaville (2011) 224: Yo, get your Hot One-Oh-Three here. Got that kick-ass shit, yo! Kick-ass D! | ||
IOL News On Line (S.Afr.) 10 Mar. 🌐 I love the kick-ass slogans. | ||
Times Times2 6 Jan. 🌐 CW will happily declare Ferguson’s reply to be one of the most kick-ass things of 2017. | ||
Opal Country 335: ‘Stuff the caring professions. I wanted a kick-arse profession’. |
In derivatives
pugnacity.
🌐 @jessphillips your kick-assness is a constant inspiration x. | on Twitter 20 Dec.