Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Kick \Kick\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Kicred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Kicking}.] [W. cicio, fr. cic foot.]
   To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a
   horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog.

         He [Frederick the Great] kicked the shins of his
         judges.                                  --Macaulay.

   {To kick the beam}, to fit up and strike the beam; -- said of
      the lighter arm of a loaded balance; hence, to be found
      wanting in weight. --Milton.

   {To kick the bucket}, to lose one's life; to die. [Colloq. &
      Low]