kicker

Meanings

Plural: kickers

Noun

• a player who kicks the football
• One who kicks.
• One who takes kicks.
• One who takes kicks.
• A placekicker: a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries.
• The kicking strap.
• An outboard motor.
• 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.
• The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
• 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.
• A complainer.
• A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes, and/or philosophy.

Synonyms

kick, kickback, lead-in, motor

Related Words

kick, kicked, kicking