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How to use kicker in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun

Kicker means one who kicks. Example: “John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.”

Examples of kicker by meaning

nounAn unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant, serving as a punchline or clincher.

  • John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.
  • Tuition is free; the kicker is that mandatory room and board costs twice as much as at other colleges.
  • And here's the kicker.2016, David Zelman, If I Can, You Can: Transformation Made Easy

nounAn 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.

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

  • Hammers are, in essence, reverse kickers.1981, Harry W. Stonecipher, Edward C. Nicholls, Douglas A. Anderson, Electronic Age News Editing, page 104

More sentences with kicker

  • I bet after the third down, the kicker will replace the quarterback on the field.From the entry down
  • Good kickers could help with soccer practices; skilled headbutters could become champion goalies.2014, Richard Kagan, Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children, page 215. From the entry headbutter
  • Instead of being set in smaller type like kickers, hammers are set in larger type than headlines.1981, Harry W. Stonecipher, Edward C. Nicholls, Douglas A. Anderson, Electronic Age News Editing, page 104. From the entry hammer
  • The Niseko terrain park and half pipe, also lit in the evening, has large tabletops, rails, and kickers.2010, Lois Friedland, Marc Lallanilla, Jennifer Swetzoff, Charlie O’Malley, chapter 3, in Frommer's 500 Adrenaline Adventures, →ISBN, page…. From the entry terrain park
  • Legally blind, Paul still manages to play soccer while Erik steals the family's attention as a star football kicker.2004, Christie Jo Bott, The Bully in the Book and in the Classroom, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 162. From the entry live in the shadow of
  • My suggestion was to go ahead and walk-on and try out as a kicker but to tell them that he was also a long snapper.2019, Don Osborne, Was It All Just for Kicks?. From the entry long snapper
  • Fans rarely see the name of the long snapper, but he's the next most important player on special teams behind the punter or kicker.2012, Greg Jacobs, The Everything KIDS' Football Book. From the entry long snapper
  • The product is ready for the market, and the only challenge will be negotiating a good price and sorting serious buyers from the tyre kickers!2011, Andrew Winter, No-Nonsense Guide to Buying and Selling Property. From the entry tyre kicker
  • “Cause you seemed so interested in my business, I thought maybe you were looking for a real mud kicker.” She said, boastfully.2005, David Franklyn Bowens, Tweekin': Inside the Crack Game, →ISBN, page 155. From the entry mud kicker
  • A 20-yard run by quarterback Kade Harrington put them in Glander's range, and the senior kicker booted a chip-shot 30-yard field goal with 11 seconds left.2011 October 15, Stephen Whitfield, “Kingwood beats Atascocita on last-second field goal”, in yourhoustonnews.com, USA, retrieved 17 Oct…. From the entry chip shot

Meaning of kicker

  1. noun One who kicks.
  2. noun One who takes kicks.
  3. noun A placekicker: a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries.

Full definition of kicker

Questions about kicker in a sentence

How do you use kicker in a sentence?
Kicker is used as a noun. For example: “John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.”
What is a short sentence with kicker?
“And here's the kicker.”
What does kicker mean?
Kicker means one who kicks.

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