kicker

Meaning

Noun

• One who kicks.
• One who takes kicks.
• The kicking strap.
• An outboard motor.
• An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.
• 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.
• Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.
• The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
• Synonym of lead-in
• A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.
• A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.
• A launch ramp.
• The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
• A relaxed party.
• A backlight positioned at an angle.
• A rubber pad that propels the ball away upon impact, like a bumper, but usually a horizontal side of a wall.
• A practitioner of the kicking performance art.
• A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes and/or philosophy.

Origin

• 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.