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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   One who kicks.

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   One who takes kicks.

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   The kicking strap.

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   An outboard motor.

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.

   “John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.”

6. Meaning 6 · noun

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

7. Meaning 7 · noun

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

   “Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker.”

8. Meaning 8 · noun

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

9. Meaning 9 · noun

   The last one or two paragraphs of a story.

10. Meaning 10 · noun

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

11. Meaning 11 · noun

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

12. Meaning 12 · noun

    A launch ramp.

13. Meaning 13 · noun

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

14. Meaning 14 · noun

    A relaxed party.

15. Meaning 15 · noun

    A backlight positioned at an angle.

16. Meaning 16 · noun

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

    “After the long lead-in, the climax of the story was a disappointment.”

17. Meaning 17 · noun

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

18. Meaning 18 · noun

    A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph.

How this word is used

• General “John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.”
• General “Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker.”
• Everyday “After the long lead-in, the climax of the story was a disappointment.”

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