Kick and Spring

Kick

Kick verb - Spring back, as from a forceful thrust.

Usage example: The gun kicked back into my shoulder

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Spring and kick are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spring" instead a verb "Kick".

Nearby Words: kicked, kickback, kicker, kicking

Spring verb - To come into existence.

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Kick and spring are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Kick" instead a verb "Spring".

old	old kick	old spring
particular	particular kick	particular spring
similar	similar kick	similar spring
single	single kick	single spring
Other adjectives: small, powerful, actual, real, serious, huge, famous, new, hot, final, last, several.

The spring delivered a punishing kick to the operator's shoulder, which was just one of the reasons the PIAT was disliked by British troops.

Source: Law of Inverse Recoil
The antisocial Once-ler in The Lorax has a spring-loaded boot contraption set at rear-end level in front of his house to kick away unwanted visitors.

Source: Literal Ass Kicking
Spring-Loaded Corpse: Any corpse not properly given one last kick/stomp can stand back up and continue menacing the player character.

Source: Franchise / Silent Hill

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