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kicker
English
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /?k?k?/
- Rhymes: -?k?(r)
Etymology 1
kick +? -er
Noun
kicker (plural kickers)
- One who kicks.
- (sports) One who takes kicks.
- (American football) or placekicker — a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries.
- (nautical) The kicking strap.
- (nautical, informal) An outboard motor.
- (colloquial) An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.
- (finance) An enticement for investors, e.g. warranty added to the investment contract.
- (poker) An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.
- (journalism) Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.
- 1981, Harry W. Stonecipher, ?Edward C. Nicholls, ?Douglas A. Anderson, Electronic Age News Editing (page 104)
- Hammers are, in essence, reverse kickers. 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)
- (journalism) The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
- (journalism) Synonym of lead-in (“start of photo caption”)
- (radio, television) A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.
- 1984, Media Report to Women (volume 12, page 46)
- […] international news and politics, and heavy on the light stuff: local news, entertainment and merry little kickers […]
- 2013, Frank Barnas, Ted White, Broadcast News Writing, Reporting, and Producing (page 77)
- Instead, a reporter can carve out a niche as an entertainment/community reporter, thus concentrating their efforts on filing feature stories for the E block, where the kickers are slated. Kickers are feel-good pieces placed at the end of the newscast to leave viewers in a good mood […]
- 1984, Media Report to Women (volume 12, page 46)
- (printing) A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.
- 1931, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office (page 490)
- In a printing machine, the combination of a kicker mechanism for displacing a newspaper […]
- 1931, Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office (page 490)
- (sports) A launch ramp.
- (prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".
- Synonym: motor
- (informal) A relaxed party.
- Synonym: kickback
- (film, television) A backlight positioned at an angle.
- Synonym: kick
- (pinball) A rubber pad that propels the ball away upon impact, like a bumper, but usually a horizontal side of a wall.
Derived terms
- knee kicker
Translations
Etymology 2
The southern-U.S. sense referring to a person derives from shit-kicker, referring to a cowboy with boots used to kick away cow manure.
Noun
kicker (plural kickers)
- (slang, Southern US) A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes, and/or philosophy.
Translations
Anagrams
- rekick
French
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.kœ?/
Noun
kicker m (uncountable)
- (Belgium) table football, table soccer
Synonyms
- babyfoot
- baby-foot
- football de table
Etymology 2
Borrowing from English kick (“to eject from an internet forum”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ki.ke/
Verb
kicker
- (Internet) to kick; to eject (e.g. from a forum)
Conjugation
Further reading
- “kicker” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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subwoofer
English
Etymology
sub- +? woofer
Noun
subwoofer (plural subwoofers)
- An electronic speaker designed to produce low-frequency sound, especially bass.
Translations
See also
- midrange
- squawker
- tweeter
- woofer
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sub??u?fer(i)/, [?s?ub??u?fe?r(i)]
Noun
subwoofer
- subwoofer
Declension
Synonyms
- alaäänikaiutin
- subi
Portuguese
Noun
subwoofer m (plural subwoofers)
- subwoofer (electronic speaker for low-frequency sounds)
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