noun Download 🔗Share One who kicks. Examples : "The team needed a good kicker to win the football game. " person sport job Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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noun Download 🔗Share The kicking strap. Examples : "The sailor adjusted the kicker on the sailboat to keep the boom from lifting. " nautical sailing Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An outboard motor. Examples : "The fisherman attached a small kicker to his sailboat to help him navigate narrow channels when the wind died down. " nautical vehicle machine technology Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant. Examples : "John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall." situation event negative outcome tendency Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract. Examples : ""To attract more investors, the startup added a profit-sharing agreement as a kicker to their funding proposal." " business finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand. Examples : "John had a pair of sevens, and his kicker was an Ace, which beat Mary's pair of sevens with a King as her kicker. " game sport Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story. Examples : "Example Sentence: "Above the headline 'School Board Approves New Budget,' the kicker read: 'FINANCIAL PLANNING'." " media writing communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The last one or two paragraphs of a story. Examples : "The journalist added a thoughtful quote in the kicker to leave the readers with a lasting impression about the importance of community service. " media writing story communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast. Examples : "After the serious report about the city budget, the news program ended with a kicker about a cat that learned to play the piano. " media entertainment communication Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles. Examples : "The newspaper factory used a kicker to push completed papers off the line, so workers could bundle them into stacks of fifty. " machine device technology industry Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A launch ramp. Examples : "The skateboarder used the kicker to launch into the air and perform a trick. " sport technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine". Examples : "Inside the cell, the guard discovered a plastic bag filled with a bubbling, foul-smelling kicker, the starting point for homemade pruno. " fruit drink substance food process Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A relaxed party. Examples : "After a long week of exams, the students organized a kicker in the park with music and food. " entertainment group event Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A backlight positioned at an angle. Examples : "The photographer added a kicker to the left side of the subject's face, creating a subtle highlight that separated them from the dark background. " art media technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share An introduction; something that leads into the beginning of something. Examples : "After the long lead-in, the climax of the story was a disappointment." communication language writing media Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A region of data at the beginning of a compact disc, holding the table of contents. Examples : "The CD player reads the kicker first to understand the order of the music tracks. " technology computing electronics media device Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share A short phrase that begins the caption of a photograph. Examples : ""My photo of the family vacation has the kicker 'Best summer ever!'" " media writing language communication word Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
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