The word kick sometimes is used to describe a complaint or some kind of dissatisfaction.

VOA: special.2011.06.05

That is a word used for any kind of wild animal.

VOA: special.2009.11.28

Johnson says this kind of inaccurate word choice is happening so often now that she devotes a section of her class to the problem.

VOA: standard.2010.01.16

"Also it took away a lot of your fear of melodrama as well because it felt kind of seismic, if that's the right word.

VOA: standard.2009.11.23