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Kicker
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Meaning
Noun
●
In People:
One who kicks.
●
In Sports & People:
One who
takes
kicks.
●
In Football (American), Sports & People:
One who
takes
kicks.
A
placekicker
: a
player
who
kicks
the
football
during
free kicks
,
kick
offs
,
field goals
, and
extra point
tries.
●
In Nautical:
The
kicking
strap.
●
In Nautical:
An
outboard
motor.
●
An
unexpected
situation
,
detail
or
circumstance
, often
unpleasant
,
serving
as a
punchline
or clincher.
●
In Finance:
An
enticement
for
investors
, e.g.
warranty
added
to the
investment
contract.
●
In Poker:
An
unpaired
card
which is part of a
pair
,
two pair
, or
three of a kind
poker
hand.
●
In Mass media:
Small
text
above a
headline
that
indicates
the
topic
of the story.
●
In Mass media:
The last
one or two
paragraphs
of a story.
●
In Mass media:
Synonym of
lead-in
(“start of
photo
caption”)
●
In Radio & Television:
A
lighthearted
or
humorous
item
used to
round off
a
news
broadcast.
●
In Printing:
A
device
that
periodically
displaces
a
newspaper
from the
print
production line
, to
aid
in
gathering
the
newspapers
into fixed-size bundles.
●
In Sports:
A
launch
ramp.
●
The
fermenting
mass
of
fruit
that is the
basis
of
pruno
, or "prison wine".
●
A
relaxed
party.
●
In Film & Television:
A
backlight
positioned
at an angle.
●
In Pinball:
A
rubber
pad
that
propels
the
ball
away
upon impact, like a
bumper
, but usually a
horizontal
side
of a wall.
●
In People:
A
practitioner
of the
kicking
performance art.
●
In American English:
A complainer.
●
In Southern US English:
A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western
attire
,
attitudes
,
and/or
philosophy.
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Kicker
Ticker
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