🎉 Very exciting 🌶️ Very strong ⚽ To strike with foot

kickin'

1 9.0

Very lively and exciting, often about music or parties

adjective
/ˈkɪkɪn/

Slang

: genial

Her new album is really kickin', and everyone is talking about it.

Examples

The band was kickin', and Christian was the hottest guy there.

Clueless (1995)
This video guys, this video is kicking, you know.
Yes, these stars are alive and kicking and having a blast.
Possibly the most ass kicking pair of cans I have yet had my hands on.
But I'm still kickin', man.

The Man in the Trunk (2019)
Glad you're still kickin', old boy.

Big Wednesday (1978)
The party last night was kickin', with great music and dancing all around.
They hosted a kickin' event that everyone in the neighborhood loved.

Synonyms

kick-ass

vskickin'

Offensive

37 8.4

Very impressive and powerful

focuses on being lively, cool, or exciting rather than sheer impressiveness

poppin

vskickin'

Slang

5 9.9

Lively and exciting, like a busy party or club

focuses more on being cool or exciting rather than just busy

jiggy

vskickin'

Slang

4 9.0

Feeling lively and playful, ready to dance and have fun

is broader, used for any lively event without flirtatious tone

burnin'

vskickin'

Slang

3 9.9

Having strong energy and excitement, as in a music performance

means lively and cool without the idea of intense passion

kicky

vskickin'

Informal

2 7.4

Lively and exciting in a bold, stylish way

is more generally lively and cool without stylish boldness

happenin'

vskickin'

Archaic

1 9.9

Fashionable and lively, a place or event people want to visit

is more about being cool than loud or busy

jazzed up

vskickin'

Informal

1 7.5

Feeling excited and full of energy about something

is used to describe events or music rather than a person's mood

rocking

vskickin'

Informal

3.7

Very exciting and enjoyable, especially for music or parties

is used more broadly for parties and general coolness

Antonyms

boring

721 1.0

Not interesting and making you feel tired or impatient

dull

182 1.3

Not interesting or lively

How Exciting

kickin'

Slang

1 9.0

exciting

∞ 1.0

lively

111 1.3

okay

∞ 1.0

boring

721 1.0

Surface Forms

kickin' positive

Morphology

kickin' = kick (semi-transparent) = kick + ing

The form is built from kick + -ing, but the slang meaning 'lively' or 'cool' is a figurative extension rather than a fully predictable literal sense.

Etymology

Kickin' comes from the verb kick, which means 'to strike' or 'give a sudden push'. Think of a band or party that 'kicks' people into action — that's why kickin' means very lively or cool.