What does kick-arse mean?

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kick-arse

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.54 in modern English

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"I guess it helped that they were one of the few bands with an environmental sensibility but, more importantly, they played some kick-arse rock'n'roll."

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