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kickingverbpresent participle of kick to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomelyhe's been kicking all week about not getting the promotion beefing, bellyaching, bitching, bleating, carping, caterwauling, complaining, crabbing, croaking, fussing, griping, grizzling, grouching, grousing, growling, grumbling, grumping, hollering, inveighing, keening, kvetching, maundering(chiefly British), moaning, murmuring, muttering, nagging, repining, screaming, squawking, squealing, wailing, whimpering, whinging(or whingeing, British), whining, yammering, yawping(or yauping), yowling objecting (to), protesting, quarreling (with)(or quarrelling (with))caviling(or cavilling), quibblingfretting, stewing, worryingblubbering, crying, sobbingbemoaning, bewailing, deploring, lamenting kicking up a fuss crowing, delighting, rejoicing accepting, bearing, countenancing, enduring, taking, toleratingapplauding, cheering, commending to present an opposing opinion or argumentfiscal conservatives have already started to kick about the proposed program, claiming it will increase the state's deficit substantially demurring, excepting, expostulating, objecting, protesting, remonstrating caviling(or cavilling), quibblingchallenging, daring, defying, fightingconflicting, debating, disputing, hassling, quarreling(or quarrelling), squabbling, wranglingbeefing, bellyaching, bitching, bleating, carping, caterwauling, complaining, crabbing, croaking, fussing, griping, grizzling, grouching, grousing, growling, grumbling, grumping, hollering, keening, maundering(chiefly British), moaning, murmuring, muttering, nagging, repining, screaming, squawking, squealing, wailing, whimpering, whinging(or whingeing, British), whining, yammering, yawping(or yauping), yowlingbalking, gagging, stickingcensuring, criticizing, denouncingdisobeying, rebelling, withstandingdemonstrating taking exception, taking issue approving, sanctioningacceptingacceding, acquiescing, agreeing, assentingadhering, complying, conforming, following, minding, obeying, observingadvocating, championing, defending, maintaining, supporting, sustaining, upholdingapplauding, cheering, commending |