kick·er (k k  r)n. 1. One that kicks: a soccer player who was an excellent kicker. 2. Informal a. A sudden, surprising turn of events or ending; a twist. b. A tricky or concealed condition; a pitfall: "The kicker is that the relationship of guide and seeker gets all mixed up with a confusing male-female attachment" (Gail Sheehy). 3. A condition that imposes an automatic increase, as in a pension plan. |
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| Noun | 1. |  kicker - a player who kicks the football dropkicker - a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground football player, footballer - an athlete who plays American football place-kicker, placekicker - (football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goal punter - (football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground |
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