Kicker
noun
The player who kicks the ball in certain games, like soccer or American football.
The game was ultimately decided by the kicker who scored the winning point.
Often appears as...
- field goal kicker
- place kicker
noun
An additional comment, or piece of information.
The headline was interesting, but the real kicker was the story below it.
Often appears as...
- real kicker
- kicker is
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Colloquial
noun
A sudden, surprising twist or fact.
Here's kicker - the reason for his amazing performance is that he has been practicing since he was 3 years old.
Often appears as...
- here's kicker
- funny kicker
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Colloquial
noun
A mechanism which propels something.
The ball was fired out of the pinball machine by a strong kicker.
Often appears as...
- firing kicker
- strong kicker
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Technical
noun
An investment term referring to a bond that can be redeemed before it matures.
The investment firm recommended buying a kicker, as it can be redeemed before maturity for better returns.
Often appears as...
- buying kicker
- good kicker
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Technical
noun
The player who kicks the ball in certain games, like soccer or American football.
The game was ultimately decided by the kicker who scored the winning point.
Often appears as...
- field goal kicker
- place kicker
noun
An additional comment, or piece of information.
The headline was interesting, but the real kicker was the story below it.
Often appears as...
- real kicker
- kicker is
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A sudden, surprising twist or fact.
Here's kicker - the reason for his amazing performance is that he has been practicing since he was 3 years old.
Often appears as...
- here's kicker
- funny kicker
Usage tips
Colloquial
noun
A mechanism which propels something.
The ball was fired out of the pinball machine by a strong kicker.
Often appears as...
- firing kicker
- strong kicker
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An investment term referring to a bond that can be redeemed before it matures.
The investment firm recommended buying a kicker, as it can be redeemed before maturity for better returns.
Often appears as...
- buying kicker
- good kicker
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Sports Context
Used specifically in sports to describe the person in charge of kicking the ball.
The team's kicker missed the goal in the last minute.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Scoring
'Kicker' does not necessarily mean the player scores; they might just restart play.
The kicker sent the ball back to the midfield after the foul.
Pro Tip 3/3Multiple Sports
The term 'kicker' applies in various sports, not only American football or soccer.
In rugby, the kicker positioned the ball carefully for the drop kick.
Pro Tip 1/3Sports Context
Used specifically in sports to describe the person in charge of kicking the ball.
The team's kicker missed the goal in the last minute.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Scoring
'Kicker' does not necessarily mean the player scores; they might just restart play.
The kicker sent the ball back to the midfield after the foul.
Pro Tip 3/3Multiple Sports
The term 'kicker' applies in various sports, not only American football or soccer.
In rugby, the kicker positioned the ball carefully for the drop kick.
Pro Tip 1/3Sports Context
Used specifically in sports to describe the person in charge of kicking the ball.
The team's kicker missed the goal in the last minute.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Scoring
'Kicker' does not necessarily mean the player scores; they might just restart play.
The kicker sent the ball back to the midfield after the foul.
Pro Tip 3/3Multiple Sports
The term 'kicker' applies in various sports, not only American football or soccer.
In rugby, the kicker positioned the ball carefully for the drop kick.
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Everyday leadership -...
kicker I don't remember that I have no recollection of that moment and I've searched my memory banks because that is funny and I should remember doing it and I don't remember it and that was such an eye-opening transformative moment for me to think that the maybe the biggest impact I'd ever had on anyone's life a moment that had a woman walk up to a
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Ghost Particles PIPE...
if I hold up my hands and wait a second millions of neutrinos just pass through it so you might be tempted to imagine that maybe the ghosts are made up of some particle like neutrinos and this enables in the pass through material but here's the kicker if they were they would not emit any light or
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Robert Muggah: How to...
That's one factor among many, but youthfulness combined with unemployment, lack of education, and -- this is the kicker -- being male, is a deadly proposition. They're statistically correlated, all those risk factors, with youth, and they tend to relate to increases in violence.
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Sally Kohn: Let's try...
can be condescending we can be dismissive of anyone who doesn't agree with us in other words we can be politically right but emotionally wrong and incidentally that means that people don't like us right now here's the kicker conservatives are really nice I mean not
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Let's try emotional...
we can be dismissive of anyone who doesn't agree with us. In other words, we can be politically right but emotionally wrong. And incidentally, that means that people don't like us. Right? Now here's the kicker. Conservatives are really nice.
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Jon Nguyen: Tour the...
working for the jet propulsion laboratory, and there our team was challenged to create a 3D visualization of the solar system, and today I want to show you what we've done so far. Now, the kicker is, everything I'm about to do here
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How math saved my life PIPE...
and the kicker is that the claws that he did for me I got an a-minus on the collage he did for himself he got a B+ yeah and we still laugh about it to this day well after graduation life continued on
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Freeman Hrabowski: 4...
And the whole class would say, "Shut up, Freeman." And there was a designated kicker every day. And so I was always asking this "Well how could we get more kids to really love to learn?"
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3 ways businesses can...
when they're going to sporting events or when they're in the military. But here's the kicker. BEST study determined that web-based sex buying spikes at 2pm in the afternoon.
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Hey science teachers --...
his DNA into the bacterial cell but here's the kicker it doesn't do anything harmful not at first instead it silently slips into the bacterias own DNA and it just stays
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Everyday leadership -...
kicker I don't remember that I have no recollection of that moment and I've searched my memory banks because that is funny and I should remember doing it and I don't remember it and that was such an eye-opening transformative moment for me to think that the maybe the biggest impact I'd ever had on anyone's life a moment that had a woman walk up to a
Video examples
Ghost Particles PIPE...
if I hold up my hands and wait a second millions of neutrinos just pass through it so you might be tempted to imagine that maybe the ghosts are made up of some particle like neutrinos and this enables in the pass through material but here's the kicker if they were they would not emit any light or
Video examples
Robert Muggah: How to...
That's one factor among many, but youthfulness combined with unemployment, lack of education, and -- this is the kicker -- being male, is a deadly proposition. They're statistically correlated, all those risk factors, with youth, and they tend to relate to increases in violence.
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Sally Kohn: Let's try...
can be condescending we can be dismissive of anyone who doesn't agree with us in other words we can be politically right but emotionally wrong and incidentally that means that people don't like us right now here's the kicker conservatives are really nice I mean not
Video examples
Let's try emotional...
we can be dismissive of anyone who doesn't agree with us. In other words, we can be politically right but emotionally wrong. And incidentally, that means that people don't like us. Right? Now here's the kicker. Conservatives are really nice.
Video examples
Jon Nguyen: Tour the...
working for the jet propulsion laboratory, and there our team was challenged to create a 3D visualization of the solar system, and today I want to show you what we've done so far. Now, the kicker is, everything I'm about to do here
Video examples
How math saved my life PIPE...
and the kicker is that the claws that he did for me I got an a-minus on the collage he did for himself he got a B+ yeah and we still laugh about it to this day well after graduation life continued on
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Freeman Hrabowski: 4...
And the whole class would say, "Shut up, Freeman." And there was a designated kicker every day. And so I was always asking this "Well how could we get more kids to really love to learn?"
Video examples
3 ways businesses can...
when they're going to sporting events or when they're in the military. But here's the kicker. BEST study determined that web-based sex buying spikes at 2pm in the afternoon.
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Hey science teachers --...
his DNA into the bacterial cell but here's the kicker it doesn't do anything harmful not at first instead it silently slips into the bacterias own DNA and it just stays
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Dorothy Allison
American Writer
I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.
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Steve Prefontaine
American Athlete
If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself. But if it's a slow pace, and I get beaten by a kicker who leaches off the front, then I'll always wonder, 'What if...?
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Owen Farrell
English Athlete
Of course there are technical aspects to it, but every kicker has his own style. You have to find your own way, what works for you. The most important thing is to be comfortable and at ease.
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Harry Kane
English Athlete
It depends on how my football career goes, but when I am finished, I would love to go the NFL and be a kicker. Even if I got to play just one game, it is something I would like to do.
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George Blanda
American Football Player
I hate when people lump me in with kickers that lasted a long time. I have respect for guys like Morten Andersen, but I was a football player, not just a kicker.
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John Waite
English Musician
I was staring at a wall of photos and thought, 'What would that sound like if it was music?' And I guess that was the kicker. That's what got me going.
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Kasper Schmeichel
Danish Footballer
I'd love to make the switch over to NFL. I'd love to try it but I'm not really sure what position I'd play. I'd probably have to be a kicker.
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Jason Chaffetz
American Politician
I went to Brigham Young University on a football scholarship. I wasn't a football player; I was a place kicker.
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Adam Vinatieri
American Athlete
When you have an opportunity to help your team in crunch time - as a kicker - that's a dream come true.
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Stephen Gostkowski
American Football Player
I admire every kicker in the NFL. I know how hard it is to be successful on a week-in-week-out basis.
Quote examples
Dorothy Allison
American Writer
I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.
Quote examples
Steve Prefontaine
American Athlete
If I lose forcing the pace all the way, well, at least I can live with myself. But if it's a slow pace, and I get beaten by a kicker who leaches off the front, then I'll always wonder, 'What if...?
Quote examples
Owen Farrell
English Athlete
Of course there are technical aspects to it, but every kicker has his own style. You have to find your own way, what works for you. The most important thing is to be comfortable and at ease.
Quote examples
Harry Kane
English Athlete
It depends on how my football career goes, but when I am finished, I would love to go the NFL and be a kicker. Even if I got to play just one game, it is something I would like to do.
Quote examples
George Blanda
American Football Player
I hate when people lump me in with kickers that lasted a long time. I have respect for guys like Morten Andersen, but I was a football player, not just a kicker.
Quote examples
John Waite
English Musician
I was staring at a wall of photos and thought, 'What would that sound like if it was music?' And I guess that was the kicker. That's what got me going.
Quote examples
Kasper Schmeichel
Danish Footballer
I'd love to make the switch over to NFL. I'd love to try it but I'm not really sure what position I'd play. I'd probably have to be a kicker.
Quote examples
Jason Chaffetz
American Politician
I went to Brigham Young University on a football scholarship. I wasn't a football player; I was a place kicker.
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Adam Vinatieri
American Athlete
When you have an opportunity to help your team in crunch time - as a kicker - that's a dream come true.
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Stephen Gostkowski
American Football Player
I admire every kicker in the NFL. I know how hard it is to be successful on a week-in-week-out basis.
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