kicker
Use Kicker in a sentence
ər noun
1.
a person or thing that kicks.
2.
Informal.
a.
a disadvantageous point or circumstance, usually concealed or unnoticed: The tickets are free, but the kicker is that you have to wait in line for hours to get them.
b.
a surprising change or turn of events: The kicker was that their friends knew it before they did.
3.
something extra, as an additional cost or gain; an added expense or financial incentive.
4.
Draw Poker. a card, usually an ace or face card, held with a pair or three of a kind in the hope of drawing a matching card.
5.
(in concrete construction) a low plinth at the base of a column.
6.
kickers, Slang. shoes, especially leisure shoes.
7.
Nautical.
a.
a small, low-powered outboard motor.
b.
an auxiliary engine on a sailing vessel, river steamer, etc.
8.
Slang. the alcoholic liquor in a mixed drink.
9.
10.
Metallurgy. a charge of high-carbon iron that produces a vigorous boil when charged into an open-hearth furnace containing slag and molten metal of lower carbon content.
11.
Also called kicker light. Photography. a light source coming from the back and side of a subject and producing a highlight.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person or thing that kicks |
| 2. | sport a player in a rugby or occasionally a soccer team whose task is to attempt to kick conversions, penalty goals, etc |
| 3. | slang (US), (Canadian) a hidden and disadvantageous factor, such as a clause in a contract |
| 4. | informal any light outboard motor for propelling a boat |
| 5. | poker the highest unpaired card in a hand, used to decide the outcome of an otherwise tied round |
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Slang Dictionary
kicker definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
And here's the kicker about the ridiculousness of the papal dispensations for consanguinity.
Though he was able to walk off on his own power, it's never good news when a kicker hurts their primary leg.
They kicker is they actually try to explain a sighting.
The kicker is that many of the technology improvements have been sitting on auto industry shelves for years.
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