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| Kangaroo court | No justice (Bob can't expect anything but a kangaroo court.) |
| Keel over | To faint (Pam keeled over after hearing the bad news.) |
| Keen | 1. Enjoyable; good (Wow, that's a keen looking motorcycle!) 2. In favor of; excited about (I'm not too keen about your idea.) |
| Keep a stiff upper lip | Act confidently |
| Keep abreast of | Knowledge of current events or activities (A good manager must keep abreast of the latest goals and opportunities.) |
| Keep at bay | Keep away; to resist (I hope our forces can keep the enemy at bay.) |
| Keep body and soul together | Remain composed |
| Keep chin up | To be confident (Don't worry, just keep your chin up.) |
| Keep fingers crossed | To hope (Keep your fingers crossed that Dad gets a new job.) |
| Keep (it) together | Not allow to fail/separate (He kept the act together.) |
| Keep shirt on | Be patient (I told Rob to keep his shirt on; things will be OK.) |
| Keep the ball rolling | To continue (We kept the ball rolling after Bill had to leave.) |
| Keep track of | To follow (That company likes to keep track of its customers.) |
| Keep trucking | Continue traveling; to go (Let's keep on trucking through the night.) |
| Keep up with | Understand or do something at the same level as another person (I hope you can keep up with us on this project.) |
| Keep up with the Jones's | Buy or do things to impress other people, even if it is unrealistic |
| Keeping; kept | To be late; to prevent (I'm not sure what is keeping Sam.) |
| Kept woman, a | Concubine; courtesan (Looks as though she enjoys being a kept woman.) |
| Kick, a | Stimulant (This new energy drink has quite a kick.) |
| Kick against the pricks | To resist futilely (You can't win by kicking against the pricks.) |
| Kick around | 1. To consider (Can we kick around a few ideas during lunch?) 2. To torment (Bullies enjoy kicking smaller boys around.) 3. Kick in different directions (Two boys kicked the ball around.) |
| Kick back | 1. To relax (I just want to kick back and enjoy the afternoon.) 2. To retaliate (If attacked, Tom will kick back hard.) |
| Kick in the gut | A shock (Seeing his wife with another man was a kick in the gut.) |
| Kick in the head | Unfortunate event (Getting fired is a kick in the head.) |
| Kick out | To force out (It's time to kick out that corrupt judge.) |
| Kick out of | To force out (Be careful or you'll be kicked out of school.) |
| Kick shoes off | To relax (Kick your shoes off and stay here with us.) |
| Kick the bucket | To die (The old man kicked the bucket at noon.) |
| Kickback | A bribe (Some politicians expect a kickback for their support.) |
| Kid; kids | Child; Children (Put our kids in the car.) |
| Kid; kidding | To joke (Don't be so serious. I'm just kidding with you.) |
| Kid brother | Younger brother (Do you know my kid brother?) |
| Kid sister | Younger sister (My kid sister is too young for school this year.) |
| Kiester | Butt (A boot in the kiester will cause him to move.) |
| Kin folk | Relatives (Do any of your kin folk live near you?) |
| Kind of | Somewhat [also said as kinda] (Susan's food tastes kind of good.) |
| Kiss a fool | To follow a fool or foolish act (Julia refuses to kiss a fool just to be popular.) |
| Kiss my ass! | Expression of disgust or irritation [Very rude] |
| Kiss my foot! | Expression of disgust or irritation |
| Kisser | Mouth (Sophia caught it right on the kisser.) |
| Knife in the back | Attacked from behind (Javier is the type who will knife someone in the back.) |
| Knock | To criticize (Sally is wrong to knock the food at this restaurant.) |
| Knock block off | To hit (someone) (Frank is threatening to knock your block off.) |
| Knock it off | To stop (You kids better knock it off before dad comes home.) |
| Knock (self) out | To exert effort (Jim said he'll knock himself out to finish the job.) |
| Knock up | To impregnate [rude] (Billy will be in deep trouble if he knocks up a girl.) |
| Knock teeth out | To hit (someone) in the face (I'm going to knock your teeth out!) |
| Knock toes up | To hit someone unconscious (Sam knocked the bully toes up.) |
| Knocked up | To be pregnant [rude] (Looks like Samantha got knocked up.) |
| Knockoff | Counterfeit (China makes a lot of knockoff goods.) |
| Knockout | 1. Beautiful (Belinda is a real knockout.) 2. To become unconscious (Dave received a knockout punch during the fight.) |
| Knocks | Intermittent noise (The car engine is knocking again.) |
| Knothead | Stupid person (That knothead can't do anything right.) |
| Know squat | Know nothing; "Don't know squat" (Martin knows squat about playing football.) |
| Know which side bread is buttered | Understand reality (I know which side my bread is buttered.) |
| Knuckle sandwich | Fist (Rob threatened his opponent with a knuckle sandwich.) |
| Knuckle under | Obey; do your duty (If everyone knuckles under, the project will succeed.) |
| Knucklehead | Stupid person (That knucklehead just ruined my new shirt.) |
| Kook | Odd person (Sometimes you act like a kook.) |
