The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word BUCKET
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The straight part
We know that "Kick the thing, reportedly, and you’re dead" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case kick the thing, reportedly, and you’re dead = bucket.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does BUCKET mean?
BUCKET noun- A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
- The amount held in this container.
- A unit of measure equal to four gallons.
- Part of a piece of machinery that resembles a bucket (container).
- An old vehicle that is not in good working order.
- The basket.
- A field goal.
- (variation management) A mechanism for avoiding the allocation of targets in cases of mismanagement.
- A storage space in a hash table for every item sharing a particular key.
- (chiefly in the plural) A large amount of liquid.
- A bucket bag.
- The leather socket for holding the whip when driving, or for the carbine or lance when mounted.
- The pitcher in certain orchids.
- To place inside a bucket.
- To draw or lift in, or as if in, buckets.
- To rain heavily.
- To travel very quickly.
- To categorize (data) by splitting it into buckets, or groups of related items.
- To ride (a horse) hard or mercilessly.
- To make, or cause to make (the recovery), with a certain hurried or unskillful forward swing of the body.