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]

Bucket \Buck"et\, n. [OE. boket; cf. AS. buc pitcher, or Corn.
   buket tub.]
   1. A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for
      catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other
      liquids.

            The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The
            moss-covered bucket, which hung in the well.
                                                  --Wordsworth.

   2. A vessel (as a tub or scoop) for hoisting and conveying
      coal, ore, grain, etc.

   3. (Mach.) One of the receptacles on the rim of a water wheel
      into which the water rushes, causing the wheel to revolve;
      also, a float of a paddle wheel.

   4. The valved piston of a lifting pump.

   {Fire bucket}, a bucket for carrying water to put out fires.
      

   {To kick the bucket}, to die. [Low]