To die. He kicked the bucket one day: he died one day. To kick the clouds before the hotel door; i.e. to be hanged.
Definition taken from The 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, originally by Francis Grose.
Kicks * KickerapooNathan Bailey's 1736 Dictionary of canting and thieving slang
John S. Farmer's collection of canting songs and slang rhymes