kicker

«kicker» in Mova's school dictionary: a player who kicks the ball, especially in American… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a kicker, kickers)

meaning for a pupil

1) A kicker is a player who kicks the ball, especially in American football or rugby, to score points or kick it far. tree →

2) (informal) The kicker is a surprising twist or extra fact at the end, often an unpleasant one. tree →

3) (informal) A kicker is a person or animal that kicks. tree →

sense in the lessons

Sport: «the team's kicker», «goal kicker» in rugby and Australian football. Everyday: «And here's the kicker…» introduces a surprise. Stories: a donkey that is a kicker.

examples

• The kicker scored the winning goal in the last second. tree →
• The rugby team's best kicker took the conversion. tree →
• The trip was cancelled, and the kicker was we'd already packed. tree →
• Watch out, that horse is a kicker. tree →
• And here's the kicker: the treasure was fake! tree →
• The kicker practises every day. tree →

note

Plural: kickers. «The kicker» meaning «the surprising part» is informal.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «kicker» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.