🎉 Very exciting 🌶️ Very strong ⚽ To strike with foot

kickin'

9.1

Very strong in taste or feeling, often about spicy food

adjective
/ˈkɪkɪn/

Slang

: picante

The chili has a kickin' flavor that leaves everyone wanting more.

Examples

Her dish was so kickin'; the spicy sauce really brought it to life.
You need to try this cocktail; it's got a kickin' taste that is perfectly refreshing.
And oh, that one's actually got a little bit more kick than usual.
This definitely has the most flavor and kick so far.
It's like has this kick this really warm hot spice to it, but God, it smells so good.

Synonyms

kick-ass

vskickin'

Offensive

37 8.4

Very impressive and powerful

focuses on strong flavor or sensory intensity rather than general praise

strong-flavored

vskickin'

4.0

Having a very powerful taste that you notice right away, like cheese or coffee

is informal and applies to intense effects beyond taste

Antonyms

bland

23 2.0

Food that has a very weak taste and little or no strong flavor

weak

22 1.3

Not strong in taste, thin and watery

How Strong

kickin'

Slang

9.1

strong

∞ 1.0

flavorful

18 2.3

mild

107 1.0

bland

23 2.0

Surface Forms

kickin' positive

Morphology

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

The form is built from kick + -ing, but the meaning 'strong in flavor, effect, or intensity' is a figurative extension that is not directly recoverable from the literal components.

Etymology

Kickin' comes from the idea of a kick as a sudden strong hit or sharp taste. If a sauce or drink 'kicks' you, it hits your senses, so kickin' describes something with a strong, often spicy, effect.