a kick in the butt



a kick in the butt

also a kick in the pants
forceful encouragement to do something She knows when we need a kick in the butt to get this done right. Luckily, you can add memory and give your computer a real kick in the pants without spending a ton of money.
Related vocabulary: a pat on the back
See also: butt, kick

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Domagoj-Croatian
Nikola (1)-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Hungarian, Czech, Basque, Medieval Slavic
Rush[rʌʃ]
Ebba (1)EB-bah (Swedish), E-bah (German)Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German (Rare)
Avgusta-Slovene
Gedeon-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek