kikse
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kikse (imperative kiks, infinitive at kikse, present tense kikser, past tense kiksede, perfect tense har kikset)
- (colloquial) To fail.
- 1889, Leopold Budde, Fortaellinger[1], page 441:
- Rigtignok paastod han, det kom kun af, at hans Kø altid ville kikse, men hvad Grunden end var, saa blev Resultatet det samme.
- He claimed that the reason for this was that his cue always failed, but whatever the reason, the result was the same.
- 2014, Jens Lapidus, CASH[2], section 2:
- Han havde lovet sig selv: Det er okay at sniffe, sælge, tjene millioner og være glad, men ikke kikse på uni.
- He had promised himself: It's okay to sniff, sell, make millions and be happy, but not to fail university.
- 2011, Eric Walters, Spring:
- "Jeg var træt af at kikse første gang. Det betyder ikke, at jeg holder op med at prøve. Jeg har ikke tænkt at lade mig stoppe af et par kiksere."
- "I was tired of failing the first time. That doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying. I do not intend to let myself be stopped by a couple of failures.
- 2013, Arne Dahl, Hviskeleg, section 24:
- Og hvis vi kikser, total deniability.
- And if we fail, total deniability.
- 2015, Heidi Møller, Den kompetente Rytter:
- En hest har hverken bevidste eller ubevidste intentioner om at kikse en øvelse.
- A horse has neither conscious nor unconscious intentions of failing an exercise.