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- [kik-er]
- /ˈkɪk ər/
- /ˈkɪkə/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kik-er]
- /ˈkɪk ər/
Definitions of kicker word
- noun kicker a person or thing that kicks. 1
- noun kicker Informal. 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. a surprising change or turn of events: The kicker was that their friends knew it before they did. 1
- noun kicker something extra, as an additional cost or gain; an added expense or financial incentive. 1
- noun kicker 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. 1
- noun kicker (in concrete construction) a low plinth at the base of a column. 1
- noun kicker kickers, Slang. shoes, especially leisure shoes. 1
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Origin of kicker
First appearance:
before 1565 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1565-75; kick + -er1
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Parts of speech for Kicker
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
kicker popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 75% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
kicker usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for kicker
noun kicker
- stratagem — a plan, scheme, or trick for surprising or deceiving an enemy.
- artifice — Artifice is the clever use of tricks and devices.
- fixture — something securely, and usually permanently, attached or appended, as to a house, apartment building, etc.: a light fixture; kitchen fixtures.
- twist — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
Antonyms for kicker
noun kicker
- frankness — plainness of speech; candor; openness.
- honesty — the quality or fact of being honest; uprightness and fairness.
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- truthfulness — telling the truth, especially habitually: a truthful person.
- openness — not closed or barred at the time, as a doorway by a door, a window by a sash, or a gateway by a gate: to leave the windows open at night.
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