Usually means: Active, healthy, and full of energy.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. alive and kicking: Merriam-Webster
  2. alive and kicking: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. alive and kicking: Collins English Dictionary
  4. alive and kicking: Wordnik
  5. alive and kicking: Wiktionary
  6. Alive and Kicking (disambiguation), Alive and Kicking (musical), Alive and Kicking (song), Alive and Kicking, Alive and kicking: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. alive and kicking: FreeDictionary.org
  8. Alive And Kicking: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  9. alive and kicking: TheFreeDictionary.com
  10. alive and kicking: Merriam-Webster

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alive and kicking: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. alive and kicking: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (alive and kicking)

▸ adjective:  (idiomatic) Healthy; vital; in good health, particularly in opposition to unfavorable circumstances.

Similar:
alive and well, alive, vital, living, able, viable, bouncing, lively, around, healthy, more...

Opposite:
dead, deceased, lifeless, inert, inanimate

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Similar:
alive and well, alive, vital, living, able, viable, bouncing, lively, around, healthy, more...

Opposite:
dead, deceased, lifeless, inert, inanimate



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