Kick and pulled along, we hear (4)
I believe the answer is:
toed
'kick and' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'pulled along we hear' is the wordplay.
'pulled along' becomes 'towed' (towing is a kind of pulling along).
'we hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'towed' sounds like 'TOED'.
(Other definitions for toed that I've seen before include "Kicked" , "inferior terminal projections" .)