kicker
Meaning
- One who kicks.
- One who takes kicks.
- One who takes kicks.
- The kicking strap.
- (informal) An outboard motor.
- (colloquial) An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant, serving as a punchline or clincher.
- An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.
- An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.
- Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.
- The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
- Synonym of lead-in (“start of photo caption”).
- A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.
- A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.
- A launch ramp.
- (slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
- (informal) A relaxed party.
- A backlight positioned at an angle.
- A rubber pad that propels the ball away upon impact, like a bumper, but usually a horizontal side of a wall.
- A practitioner of the kicking performance art.
- (US, archaic, slang) A complainer.
Synonyms
boat motor
outboard engine
place-kicker
kicker magnet
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɪkɚ/
Etymology
From kick + -er.
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