Used in a Sentence

kicker

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for kicker.

Editorial note

The kicker is that they define enterprise as 250+ PCs -OR- $1 million plus annual revenue.

Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

One who kicks.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of kicker gathered in one view.

noun

One who kicks.

noun

(sports) One who takes kicks.

noun

(American football) A placekicker: a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for kicker.

noun

One who kicks.

noun

(sports) One who takes kicks.

noun

(American football) A placekicker: a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries.

noun

(nautical) The kicking strap.

Example sentences

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The kicker is that they define enterprise as 250+ PCs -OR- $1 million plus annual revenue.

2

I think the kicker is that it's going to out-of-the-box naturally scale better than it's peer CLR languages.

3

C# definitely helped vs ruby, the real kicker was stored procs, everything was a highly tuned stored proc.

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The kicker is that they only got caught when we started investigating.

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The kicker to the game was, 100 other randomly selected players were playing against you answering the same questions.

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He said Groth did a second serve kicker that bounced over his opponent and continued over the back fence.

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The kicker for me is that it is illegal for anyone else to run a lottery (Racketeering).

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The real kicker (from studio and filmmaker's point of view) is how Cameron is employing 3d.

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But the real kicker is that user stylesheets have gone the way of the dodo.

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In other cases, the kicker can be masked by another player preventing the keeper to see the ball until very late.

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Prove they are generally smart, do a work sample test representing the work they'd actually be doing, for a kicker test their integrity.

12

A real kicker for getting my head out of Google Reader.

Quote examples

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The kicker is that you need to support both "ProxyCommand args" enabling and "ProxyCommand None" for disabling.

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"And Here's the Kicker" by Mike Sacks is a collection of interviews of top comics, from standup to sitcom writing.

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And the last kicker, the change password box had asterisks in it on page load and a quick "view source" revealed my friend's "not joking" password all from a link that didn't look too important.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use kicker in a sentence?

The kicker is that they define enterprise as 250+ PCs -OR- $1 million plus annual revenue.

What does kicker mean?

One who kicks.

What part of speech is kicker?

kicker is commonly used as noun.