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

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
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