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kicker

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. kicker (noun)
  2. wild-oat kicker (noun)

kick·er

noun \ˈki-kər\

Definition of KICKER

1
: one that kicks or kicks something
2
: an unexpected and surprising remark, revelation, or set of circumstances
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Examples of KICKER

  1. The real kicker came when the chairman announced that he was quitting.

First Known Use of KICKER

circa 1580

Rhymes with KICKER

bicker, clicker, dicker, flicker, liquor, nicker, picker, pricker, sicker, slicker, snicker, sticker, ticker, tricker, vicar, whicker, wicker

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