Antonyms for kicker

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kik-er

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɪk ər

Definition of kicker

Origin : 1570s, agent noun from kick (v.).

noun wrinkle

Example sentences :

But here's the kicker: even though no one else can get in, you can't get out!
Extract from : « Suite Mentale » by Gordon Randall Garrett

"No, I'll go out after that kicker," he said, ashamed of his slovenly work.
Extract from : « Blue-Bird Weather » by Robert W. Chambers

It was a kicker, like the ostrich; in fight it did not use its beak, but its foot.
Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Was the Marigold a real yacht, or just a row-boat with a kicker behind?
Extract from : « The Campfire Girls of Roselawn » by Margaret Penrose

He hated the one twin for kicking him, and the other one for being the kicker's brother.
Extract from : « The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

His one idea is to be a kicker as long as he can think of anything to kick about.
Extract from : « Hepsey Burke » by Frank Noyes Westcott

To ride a kicker in the hunting-field is highly injudicious and unfair.
Extract from : « Riding for Ladies » by Mrs. Power O'Donoghue

If there be degradation in violence, it affects the kicker as well as the kicked.
Extract from : « Old Mole » by Gilbert Cannan

I don't believe that you know what a "foot-pusher" or "kicker" is.
Extract from : « Our Little Swedish Cousin » by Claire M. Coburn

There was Belle Bingley, all frizzy hair and a kicker; we put her on to him.
Extract from : « You Never Know Your Luck, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

Synonyms for kicker

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