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Danish
Verb
kikse (imperative kiks, infinitive at kikse, present tense kikser, past tense kiksede, perfect tense har kikset)
- (colloquial) To fail.
1889, Leopold Budde, Fortaellinger, 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, 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.
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