kicker

Definitions

• One who kicks.
• (sports) One who takes kicks.
• (nautical) The kicking strap.
• (nautical) An outboard motor.
• (colloquial) An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.
• (finance) An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.
• (poker) An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.
• (journalism) Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.
• (journalism) The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
• (journalism)
• (radio) A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.
• (printing) A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.
• (sports) A launch ramp.
• (prison) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
• (informal) A relaxed party.
• (film) A backlight positioned at an angle.