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kickable

kickable

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A thing you can hit with your foot, like a ball or soft toy
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɪkəbl/
translation icon : pateable
  • The coach made sure the soccer ball was kickable before the game started.

Examples

  • For safety, toys for toddlers should be soft and kickable.

  • This toy is kickable and perfect for kids.

  • He looked for a kickable object to practice his new soccer move.

  • The ball is kickable on the field.

  • The soccer ball is soft and perfectly kickable on the grassy field.

  • Children enjoy playing with kickable inflatable toys at the park.

  • This new football is designed to be kickable and easy to control.

Surface Forms

kickable positive

Morphology

kickable = kick (transparent) = kick + able

Regular adjectival formation from the verb 'kick' meaning 'able to be kicked' with literal interpretation.

Etymology

Kickable comes from the simple verb kick, which means 'to hit with the foot', plus the ending -able, which means 'able to'. So kickable literally means 'able to be kicked' or suitable for kicking.