KICKER Definition & Meaning

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kicker

[ kik-er ]

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noun

a person or thing that kicks.
Informal.
1. 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.
2. a surprising change or turn of events:
  The kicker was that their friends knew it before they did.
something extra, as an additional cost or gain; an added expense or financial incentive.
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.
(in concrete construction) a low plinth at the base of a column.
kickers, Slang. shoes, especially leisure shoes.
Nautical.
1. a small, low-powered outboard motor.
2. an auxiliary engine on a sailing vessel, river steamer, etc.
Slang. the alcoholic liquor in a mixed drink.
Also called eyebrow, highline, overline, teaser. Printing, Journalism. a short line of copy set in a distinctive type above a headline and intended to call attention to it.
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.
Also called kicker light. Photography. a light source coming from the back and side of a subject and producing a highlight.

kicker

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noun

a person or thing that kicks
sport a player in a rugby or occasionally a soccer team whose task is to attempt to kick conversions, penalty goals, etc
slang.
a hidden and disadvantageous factor, such as a clause in a contract
informal.
any light outboard motor for propelling a boat
poker the highest unpaired card in a hand, used to decide the outcome of an otherwise tied round

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of kicker¹

First recorded in 1565–75; kick + -er ¹

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As the kicker, she told Meyers she intended to return the dress she was going to wear for the event.

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Article 14.1 of Ifab's laws around a penalty states: "The kicker must not play the ball again until it has touched another player."

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The rules state: "The kicker must not play the ball again until it has touched another player."

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He also holds for kicker Cameron Dicker, who was signed to a lucrative contract extension last August to solidify the Chargers’ special teams.

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By the time Worthy finally got the Chiefs on the board, the Eagles had extended their lead through DeVonta Smith and a field goal from Jake Elliott, the kicker later adding two further scores.

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