kicker
One who kicksOne who kicks.
» Yanni's goat is a kicker.
Значення
значень: 21One who kicks.
a player who kicks the football
One who takes kicks.
Kicker
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.
(розмовне)An outboard motor.
(розмовне)An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant, serving as a punchline or clincher.
John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.
Tuition is free; the kicker is that mandatory room and board costs twice as much as at other colleges.
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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.
Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker.
Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.
Dachzeile
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.
Приклади
речень: 2Yanni's goat is a kicker.
Here's the kicker.
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мов: 5За значеннями 1
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From kick + -er. The southern-U.S. sense referring to a person derives from shitkicker, rFrom kick + -er.
The southern-U.S. sense referring to a person derives from shitkicker, referring to a cowboy with boots used to kick away cow manure.
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