kick to the curb
"kick-to-the-curb" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“kick to the curb” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To dismiss or reject in a humiliating manner.
Corpus desk
Index EN-kick-to-the-curb · kick to the curb · English
kick to the curb · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "K" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kick to the curb |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “kick to the curb” in English
Rare enough to double-check
kick to the curb is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To dismiss or reject in a humiliating manner.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kick to the curb, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is kick to the curb, spelled K-I-C-K- -T-O- -T-H-E- -C-U-R-B.
Definition
- 1To dismiss or reject in a humiliating manner.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kick to the curb appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And now the boys are lining up 'cause they hear we got swagger But we kick 'em to the curb unless they look like Mick Jagger.
If Cook is to take Apple to crazy new heights, history says he needs to kick Jobs to the curb.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.