kick up one's heels

Above the peals of laughter with which the words were received, rose Jake's voice, "Come on, ole fiddler, play somefin a nigger kin kick up his heels to; what's de use of singing after dat fashion; dis aint no meetin."

"Therefore he has a right, for a change, to 'kick up his heels?"

If a swimmer kicks up his heels and splashes the water, the judge will take points off accordingly.