English

Alternative forms

• kick-the-can

Noun

kick the can ‎(uncountable)

1. A game played by children, similar to tag.
   • 2003, Anne Lamott, Joe Jones, Shoemaker & Hoard Publishers, ISBN 1593760035, page 188:

     Her house is ... in a middle-class neighborhood where kids would meet in the schoolyard on summer nights for kick the can, where Good Humor and doughnut truck men still come by.

   • 2005, Dee Henderson, The Protector, Tyndale House Publishers, ISBN 1414310595, page 96:

     "Did you ever play Kick the Can when you were a kid?"

   • 2005, Mark Jonathan Harris, Come the Morning, Wayne State University Press, ISBN 0814332412, page 52:

     "How about kick the can?" Ben suggested, spotting an empty beer can on the sidewalk.

Translations

See also

• carry the can
• kick at the can
• kick the can down the road
• lerky