kicker

/หˆkษชkษš/

IPA: /K IH1 K ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    One who kicks.

  2. 2

    One who takes kicks.

  3. 3

    The kicking strap.

  4. 4

    An outboard motor.

  5. 5

    An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.

    โ€œJohn wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.โ€

  6. 6

    An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.

  7. 7

    An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.

    โ€œJill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker.โ€

  8. 8

    Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.

  9. 9

    The last one or two paragraphs of a story.

  10. 10

    A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.

  11. 11

    A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.

  12. 12

    A launch ramp.

  13. 13

    The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".

    syn:motor
  14. 14

    A relaxed party.

  15. 15

    A backlight positioned at an angle.

    syn:kick
noun
  1. 1

    An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something.

    โ€œAfter the long lead-in, the climax of the story was a disappointment.โ€

  2. 2

    A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents.

  3. 3

    A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph.

noun
  1. 1

    A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes and/or philosophy.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kicker, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lead-in