kicker

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɪkɚ/ (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɪkə/ Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) === Etymology 1 === From kick +‎ -er. ==== Noun ==== kicker (plural kickers) One who kicks. (sports) One who takes kicks. (American football) A placekicker: a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries. (nautical) The kicking strap. (nautical, informal) An outboard motor. (colloquial) An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant, serving as a punchline or clincher. (finance) An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract. (poker) An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand. (journalism) Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story. (journalism) The last one or two paragraphs of a story. (journalism) Synonym of lead-in (“start of photo caption”). (radio, television) A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast. (printing) A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles. (sports) A launch ramp. (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine". Synonym: motor (informal) A relaxed party. Synonym: kickback (film, television) A backlight positioned at an angle. Synonym: kick (pinball) A rubber pad that propels the ball away upon impact, like a bumper, but usually a horizontal side of a wall. (performance art) A practitioner of the kicking performance art. (US, slang, archaic) A complainer. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Russian: ки́кер (kíker) ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === The southern-U.S. sense referring to a person derives from shitkicker, referring to a cowboy with boots used to kick away cow manure. ==== Noun ==== kicker (plural kickers) (slang, Southern US) A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes, and/or philosophy. ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === rekick == French == === Etymology 1 === Compare Kicker. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ki.kœʁ/ ==== Noun ==== kicker m (uncountable) (Belgium) table football, table soccer Synonyms: babyfoot, baby-foot, football de table === Etymology 2 === Borrowing from English kick (“to eject from an internet forum”) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ki.ke/ ==== Verb ==== kicker (Internet) to kick; to eject (e.g. from a forum) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Further reading === “kicker”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English kicker, from the group’s habit of practising kicks on, for example, lamp posts. === Noun === kicker c (historical) A member of a youth subculture that emerged in the late 1980s, while vague and without precise definition, typically characterised by branded sportswear with trousers tucked into socks and an interest in martial arts, and often associated with violence, especially kicking, possibly influenced by British casual culture.