Emily Dickinson Lexicon

KICK, v.i.

1. To practice striking with the foot or feet; as, a horse accustomed to kick.
2. To thrust out the foot or feet with violence, either in wantonness, resistance, anger or contempt; to manifest opposition. Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice? – 1 Sam. ii. Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked. – Deut. xxxii. It is hard for thee to kick against the goads. – Acts ix.