coice

Latin

Verb

coice

1. second-person singular present active imperative of coiciō

Portuguese

FWOTD – 13 January 2020

Alternative forms

• (dated or dialectal) couce m

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese couce m (compare Galician couce m), from Latin calcem f (“heel”). Cognate with Spanish coz f.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.si/ [ˈkoɪ̯.si]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.si/ [ˈkoɪ̯.si]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.se/ [ˈkoɪ̯.se]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.sɨ/

• Hyphenation: coi‧ce

Noun

coice m (plural coices)

1. a kick from a quadruped such as a horse, donkey or camel
   • 2011, Tony Crilly, Jorge Nuno Silva (translator), 50 Ideias de Matemática que precisa mesmo de saber, D. Quixoti, page 136:

     Quais são as probabilidades de x cavaleiros num ano receberem um coice fatal de um cavalo?

     What is the probability that x horsemen receive a deadly kick from a horse in a year?

2. a strong kick with the sole or back of the foot
   • 1966, Affonso Henriques, Ascensão e queda de Getúlio Vargas, volume 3, Distribuidora Record, page 303:

     Sr. Otacílio Lopes, redator-chefe de um matutino de Salvador, recebeu um coice no peito, desferido por um dos capangas de Vargas, […]

     Mr. Otacílio Lopes, editor-in-chief of a morning paper in Salvador, was kicked in the chest by one of Vargas’s lackeys, […]

3. (firearms) recoil (pushback from a fired firearm)

   Synonym: recuo

   • 2013, James Dashner, translated by Magda Lopes, Mazer Runner: ordem de extermínio, Vergara & Riba Editoras, page 27:

     As mãos saltaram com o coice da arma, mas ele avistou uma névoa vermelha, um esguicho de sangue no ar; […]

     His hands jumped with the recoil, but he saw the red mist, a spray of blood in the air; […]

4. (figurative) a curt, rude response; a snap

   Synonym: patada

   • 2000, John W. F. Dulles, Carlos Lacerda: a vida de um lutador, Editora Nova Fronteira, page 353:

     Lacerda reclamou que, em lugar de resposta ao seu estudo de 54 páginas, recebera um coice.

     Lacerda complained that, instead of a response to his 54 page study, he was met with a snap.

Derived terms

• coicezinho (diminutive), coicinho (diminutive)
• coicear / coucear
• escoicear / escoucear
• coiceira

Related terms

• cal
• calçada
• cálcio