Definitions for kicker

kicker kick·er

Spelling: [kik-er]
IPA: /ˈkɪk ər/

Kicker is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 52 anagrams from letters in kicker (ceikkr).

Definitions for kicker

noun

  1. a person or thing that kicks.
  2. Informal. a disadvantageous point or circumstance, usually concealed or unnoticed: a surprising change or turn of events:
  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 small, low-powered outboard motor. an auxiliary engine on a sailing vessel, river steamer, etc.
  8. Slang. the alcoholic liquor in a mixed drink.
  9. 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.
  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.

Origin of kicker

First recorded in 1565-75; kick + -er1

Examples for kicker

Then closed with a recycled, but always poignant, “red state/blue state/UNITED states” kicker.

The kicker: “Grossly inaccurate,” attributed to Senators Feinstein, Levin, and McCain.

And, of course, the kicker, “Ben Affleck, argo find your seat.”

He hated the one twin for kicking him, and the other one for being the kicker's brother.

"No, I'll go out after that kicker," he said, ashamed of his slovenly work.

Was the Marigold a real yacht, or just a row-boat with a kicker behind?

And the kicker is—some of the candidates are even Republicans.

It was a kicker, like the ostrich; in fight it did not use its beak, but its foot.

The kicker to it is that the worst part is that the person in the nightmare experience ends up being a Democrat too.

But here's the kicker: even though no one else can get in, you can't get out!

Word Value for kicker
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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