'Kicker' definitions:
Definition of 'kicker'
From: WordNet
noun
A player who kicks the football
Definition of 'Kicker'
From: GCIDE
- Kicker \Kick"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, kicks. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A fact, condition, or circumstance, sometimes concealed or not obvious, which reduces or eliminates the benefit of an apparently advantageous situation; a joker[5]; as, under the Soviet system, bread was good and cheap, but the kicker was that you waited in line for hours to get any, if it was available. [informal] [PJC]
- 3. Hence: An unforeseen added expense or additional cost; as, the printer was cheap, but the special paper it needed was an expensive kicker. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'kicker'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- astonishment,
- bellyacher,
- blockbuster,
- blow,
- bomb,
- bombshell,
- boundary condition,
- catch,
- clause,
- complainant,
- complainer,
- condition,
- crab,
- crank,
- croaker,
- donnee,
- earthshaker,
- escalator clause,
- escape clause,
- escape hatch,
- eye-opener,
- faultfinder,
- fine print,
- frondeur,
- given,
- griper,
- grouch,
- grounds,
- grouser,
- growler,
- grumbler,
- joker,
- kvetch,
- limiting condition,
- malcontent,
- murmurer,
- mutterer,
- obligation,
- parameter,
- peripeteia,
- prerequisite,
- provision,
- provisions,
- proviso,
- querulous person,
- reactionary,
- reactionist,
- rebel,
- requisite,
- revelation,
- saving clause,
- shocker,
- sine qua non,
- small print,
- sorehead,
- sourpuss,
- specification,
- staggerer,
- startler,
- stipulation,
- string,
- surprisal,
- surprise,
- surprise ending,
- surprise package,
- surprise party,
- switch,
- terms,
- thunderbolt,
- thunderclap,
- ultimatum,
- whereas,
- whiner