A kick with the foot high in the air, for example in dancing or martial arts.
‘Music-hall dancers called for shortened skirts, and their high kicks gave more emphasis to the ruffled underside and bloomers than to the exterior of the garments.’
‘But, that aside, the fishnets and high kicks of Bob Fosse's choreography are truly spectacular in a production that revives all that murder and mayhem of Chicago's seedier citizens.’
‘Then all three are shown in front of a wall of flames, performing a series of martial arts moves, including high kicks and punches.’
‘A relatively modem martial art, it's known for its powerful high kicks and hand strikes.’
‘Then they go back into action, fully committed to their high kicks and gravity-defying leaps among the assembled masses.’
verb
[no object]high-kick
Make a high kick.
‘they high-kicked and danced’
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