kickern.

Brit.

/ˈkɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈkɪkər/

Etymology: < kick v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

a. One that kicks; spec. a horse or other animal given to kicking.

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the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that kicks

kicker1574

the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the foot > kicking > one who or that which

wincerc1440

spurner1555

kicker1574

funker1825

1574 J. Baret Aluearie K 40 A kicker or winser, calcitro.

1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King (new ed.) iv. 63 The boy..being thoroughly kickt, laughes at the kicker.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 411 The Persecutors..kick against the pricks..which pierce into the heels of the kicker.

1884 St. James's Gaz. 10 Sept. 4/2 The camel..is a powerful kicker.

b. figurative. One who protests, objects, or rebels; one who breaks away from his party. Chiefly U.S.

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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [noun] > one who rebels

rebel1340

rebeller1398

revolter1576

revolt1585

rebellant1586

Whig1683

révolté1792

kicker1888

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > deserting one's party > one who

rat1755

bolter1812

ratter1819

Jim Crow1837

kicker1888

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxiii. 459 He who takes his own course is a Kicker or Bolter.

1893 Harper's Mag. Apr. 709/2 The pioneer is radical, impatient of dogmas, and a ‘kicker’ by instinct.

2. A cricket-ball that rises more than usual in rebounding from the pitch.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball

full toss1826

long hop1830

twister1832

bail ball1833

bailer1833

grubber1837

slow ball1838

wide1838

ground ball1839

shooter1843

slower ball1846

twiddler1847

creeper1848

lob1851

sneak1851

sneaker1851

slow1854

bumper1855

teaser1856

daisy-cutter1857

popper1857

yorker1861

sharpshooter1863

headball1866

screwball1866

underhand1866

skimmerc1868

grub1870

ramrod1870

raymonder1870

round-armer1871

grass cutter1876

short pitch1877

leg break1878

lob ball1880

off-break1883

donkey-drop1888

tice1888

fast break1889

leg-breaker1892

kicker1894

spinner1895

wrong 'un1897

googly1903

fizzer1904

dolly1906

short ball1911

wrong 'un1911

bosie1912

bouncer1913

flyer1913

percher1913

finger-spinner1920

inswinger1920

outswinger1920

swinger1920

off-spinner1924

away swinger1925

Chinaman1929

overspinner1930

tweaker1938

riser1944

leg-cutter1949

seamer1952

leggy1954

off-cutter1955

squatter1955

flipper1959

lifter1959

cutter1960

beamer1961

loosener1962

doosra1999

1894 N. Gale Ode to W. G. in Cricket Songs (new ed.) Nothing comes amiss, Kicker, shooter, yorker.

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3. Mining. ‘A liberating catch made in the form of a bell crank lever rocking on a horizontal axis’ (Gresley Gloss. Coal Mining 1883).

4. (See quot.)

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1886 J. Barrowman Sc. Mining Terms 40 Kicker, the reversing gear of some direct-acting steam and hydraulic pumps.

5. Mining. See quots. [perhaps a distinct word.]

ΚΠ

1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Lj Kicker [is] a Branch or small Piece of Wholes, left for the support of some Rider or large Stone, or else some Lid.

1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 149 Kicker, ground left in first cutting a vein, for support of its sides.

6. Poker. A high third card retained in the hand with a pair at the draw.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of card

openers1889

kicker1892

hole-card1908

rag1978

river1978

1892 W. J. Florence Gentleman's Handbk. Poker 91 To keep two small cards and an ace is called holding up ‘a kicker’. This draw is made by the player, hopeful of getting two pairs, with the additional ace or king.

1895 ‘Templar’ Poker Man. 57 Sometimes a player raises on a single pair and a kicker, i.e. a high card.

1901 D. A. Curtis Sci. Draw Poker 57 Drawing two cards to a pair and a kicker, the chances of a Full are 6 in 1081.

1946 A. H. Morehead & G. Mott-Smith Penguin Hoyle 127 To keep an ace or other high card as a ‘kicker’ seriously decreases the chances of improving.

7. Lumbering. A device for throwing or rolling a log in a desired direction. In full log kicker.

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1922 R. C. Bryant Lumber 44 Logs which are elevated into the mill by an endless chain are thrown or rolled upon the deck by by means of log kickers of various types.

8. An outboard motor, or a boat driven by one. Also attributive. North American colloquial.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > motor vessel > propelled by inboard or outboard motor

kicker1928

outboard1935

inboard1979

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > marine engine > types of

steeple engine1839

launch-engine1875

kicker1928

inboard1929

outboard1935

outdrive1961

trolling motor1964

sterndrive1968

thruster1972

putter1975

1928 L. R. Freeman Nearing North ii. i. 132 The kicker is hung in a hole cut at a proper height in the long overhang of the stern.

1937 Times 13 Oct. 15/6 At Fort Simpson..four of us went upstream to a creek in a ‘kicker’ (which is a canoe powered by an out-board motor) and swam luxuriously.

1942 L. D. Rich We took to Woods (1944) ii. 33 I want to cut the stern off square, when I get the price of an outboard motor, and make a kicker-boat out of it.

1953 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang (1954) §82a/1 Kicker, an auxiliary motor on a boat.

1963 R. D. Symons Many Trails xvi. 165 Travelling downstream with a good ‘kicker’ (outboard motor) pushing the canoe at a good speed is easy.

1967 E. B. Nickerson Kayaks to Arctic iv. 30 Soon we learned to..differentiate outboard motors, or ‘kickers’ as they are universally called here.

9. Printing. (See quots.)

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society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > parts of printers or presses > [noun] > device for turning paper

kicker1930

1930 K. E. Olson Typogr. & Mechanics of Newspaper xiii. 421 Every fiftieth or one-hundredth paper is turned slightly askew by an automatic ‘kicker’ in order to facilitate the making up of bundles of given content.

1967 V. Strauss Printing Industry vi. 384/1 Counting of newspapers is made easier by the ‘kicker’, a metal arm which pushes, say, every 25th or every 50th paper out of line, thereby dividing the flow of papers into smaller batches.

Draft additions June 2017

Tennis colloquial. A serve characterized by heavy topspin; = kick serve n. at kick n.¹ Additions. Also more fully kicker serve.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > types of play or stroke

chasec1440

loss1591

volley1596

bandy1598

back-racket1608

service1611

force1662

serve1688

serving1688

Renshaw smash1881

pass1888

railroad service1890

kicker1936

1936 Times 27 June 7/3 That hard ‘kicker’ to Maier's backhand seemed to settle the match.

1965 N.Y. Times 3 July (Late City ed.) 13/1 His second serve was a kicker that bounded high and heavy to Fred's backhand.

1973 L. Hunt in W. Overton Tennis for Women 74 I don't recommend the kicker serve to anyone without a nimble back.

2016 Australian (Nexis) 10 Oct. (Sport section) 30 [Nick Kyrgios] does not betray the direction, spin or trajectory of his serve with his ball toss—it does not shift slightly..back over his head when hitting a kicker.

Draft additions December 2016

Sport. A player who kicks the ball; spec. (esp. in American Football and Rugby) a player whose designated role in the team is to do this, in order to attempt to score or to gain a positional advantage.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > player > types of

striker1699

kicker1829

non-striker1842

feeder1844

stopper1847

defender1851

hand-in1875

hand-out1875

back1880

attacker1884

field general1895

ball carrier1902

ball-handler1912

ball-winner1972

shotmaker1974

1829 Sydney Monitor 25 July 4/5 The privates in the barracks are in the habit of amusing themselves with the game of foot-ball; the ball may be daily descried repeatedly mounting higher or lower, according to the skill and energy of the bold military kickers thereof.

1845 Bell's Life in London 9 Feb. After a severe [football] game on both sides.., the countrymen were declared victorious, and John Hallimond, the noted kicker, was carried shoulder high to the Bullring, amidst the huzzas of his partizans.

1891 W. Camp Amer. Football 64 They [sc. guards] must be taught to block securely until the ball is on its way to the runner or kicker.

1921 C. D. Daly Amer. Football ix. 163 There is a combination of kicking and rushing which can be played against a team having a superior kicker.

1986 Rugby Internat. July 23/2 People look at the goalkicking if you are a kicker. They tend to base your play on just that.

2016 Akron (Ohio) Beacon Jrnl. (Nexis) 4 Feb. b1 The kicker sends a ball soaring through the goalpost.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kicker
释义	kickern. Brit. /ˈkɪkə/, U.S. /ˈkɪkər/ Etymology: < kick v.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. a. One that kicks; spec. a horse or other animal given to kicking. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > [noun] > that kicks kicker1574 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > with the foot > kicking > one who or that which wincerc1440 spurner1555 kicker1574 funker1825 1574 J. Baret Aluearie K 40 A kicker or winser, calcitro. 1625 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher King & No King (new ed.) iv. 63 The boy..being thoroughly kickt, laughes at the kicker. 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 411 The Persecutors..kick against the pricks..which pierce into the heels of the kicker. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 10 Sept. 4/2 The camel..is a powerful kicker. b. figurative. One who protests, objects, or rebels; one who breaks away from his party. Chiefly U.S. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [noun] > one who rebels rebel1340 rebeller1398 revolter1576 revolt1585 rebellant1586 Whig1683 révolté1792 kicker1888 society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > deserting one's party > one who rat1755 bolter1812 ratter1819 Jim Crow1837 kicker1888 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. lxiii. 459 He who takes his own course is a Kicker or Bolter. 1893 Harper's Mag. Apr. 709/2 The pioneer is radical, impatient of dogmas, and a ‘kicker’ by instinct. 2. A cricket-ball that rises more than usual in rebounding from the pitch. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1894 N. Gale Ode to W. G. in Cricket Songs (new ed.) Nothing comes amiss, Kicker, shooter, yorker. Categories » 3. Mining. ‘A liberating catch made in the form of a bell crank lever rocking on a horizontal axis’ (Gresley Gloss. Coal Mining 1883). 4. (See quot.) ΚΠ 1886 J. Barrowman Sc. Mining Terms 40 Kicker, the reversing gear of some direct-acting steam and hydraulic pumps. 5. Mining. See quots. [perhaps a distinct word.] ΚΠ 1747 W. Hooson Miners Dict. sig. Lj Kicker [is] a Branch or small Piece of Wholes, left for the support of some Rider or large Stone, or else some Lid. 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 149 Kicker, ground left in first cutting a vein, for support of its sides. 6. Poker. A high third card retained in the hand with a pair at the draw. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [noun] > type of card openers1889 kicker1892 hole-card1908 rag1978 river1978 1892 W. J. Florence Gentleman's Handbk. Poker 91 To keep two small cards and an ace is called holding up ‘a kicker’. This draw is made by the player, hopeful of getting two pairs, with the additional ace or king. 1895 ‘Templar’ Poker Man. 57 Sometimes a player raises on a single pair and a kicker, i.e. a high card. 1901 D. A. Curtis Sci. Draw Poker 57 Drawing two cards to a pair and a kicker, the chances of a Full are 6 in 1081. 1946 A. H. Morehead & G. Mott-Smith Penguin Hoyle 127 To keep an ace or other high card as a ‘kicker’ seriously decreases the chances of improving. 7. Lumbering. A device for throwing or rolling a log in a desired direction. In full log kicker. ΚΠ 1922 R. C. Bryant Lumber 44 Logs which are elevated into the mill by an endless chain are thrown or rolled upon the deck by by means of log kickers of various types. 8. An outboard motor, or a boat driven by one. Also attributive. North American colloquial. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > mechanically propelled vessels > [noun] > motor vessel > propelled by inboard or outboard motor kicker1928 outboard1935 inboard1979 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > propulsion machinery > [noun] > marine engine > types of steeple engine1839 launch-engine1875 kicker1928 inboard1929 outboard1935 outdrive1961 trolling motor1964 sterndrive1968 thruster1972 putter1975 1928 L. R. Freeman Nearing North ii. i. 132 The kicker is hung in a hole cut at a proper height in the long overhang of the stern. 1937 Times 13 Oct. 15/6 At Fort Simpson..four of us went upstream to a creek in a ‘kicker’ (which is a canoe powered by an out-board motor) and swam luxuriously. 1942 L. D. Rich We took to Woods (1944) ii. 33 I want to cut the stern off square, when I get the price of an outboard motor, and make a kicker-boat out of it. 1953 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang (1954) §82a/1 Kicker, an auxiliary motor on a boat. 1963 R. D. Symons Many Trails xvi. 165 Travelling downstream with a good ‘kicker’ (outboard motor) pushing the canoe at a good speed is easy. 1967 E. B. Nickerson Kayaks to Arctic iv. 30 Soon we learned to..differentiate outboard motors, or ‘kickers’ as they are universally called here. 9. Printing. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > parts of printers or presses > [noun] > device for turning paper kicker1930 1930 K. E. Olson Typogr. & Mechanics of Newspaper xiii. 421 Every fiftieth or one-hundredth paper is turned slightly askew by an automatic ‘kicker’ in order to facilitate the making up of bundles of given content. 1967 V. Strauss Printing Industry vi. 384/1 Counting of newspapers is made easier by the ‘kicker’, a metal arm which pushes, say, every 25th or every 50th paper out of line, thereby dividing the flow of papers into smaller batches. Draft additions June 2017 Tennis colloquial. A serve characterized by heavy topspin; = kick serve n. at kick n.¹ Additions. Also more fully kicker serve. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > real tennis > [noun] > types of play or stroke chasec1440 loss1591 volley1596 bandy1598 back-racket1608 service1611 force1662 serve1688 serving1688 Renshaw smash1881 pass1888 railroad service1890 kicker1936 1936 Times 27 June 7/3 That hard ‘kicker’ to Maier's backhand seemed to settle the match. 1965 N.Y. Times 3 July (Late City ed.) 13/1 His second serve was a kicker that bounded high and heavy to Fred's backhand. 1973 L. Hunt in W. Overton Tennis for Women 74 I don't recommend the kicker serve to anyone without a nimble back. 2016 Australian (Nexis) 10 Oct. (Sport section) 30 [Nick Kyrgios] does not betray the direction, spin or trajectory of his serve with his ball toss—it does not shift slightly..back over his head when hitting a kicker. Draft additions December 2016 Sport. A player who kicks the ball; spec. (esp. in American Football and Rugby) a player whose designated role in the team is to do this, in order to attempt to score or to gain a positional advantage. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > [noun] > player > types of striker1699 kicker1829 non-striker1842 feeder1844 stopper1847 defender1851 hand-in1875 hand-out1875 back1880 attacker1884 field general1895 ball carrier1902 ball-handler1912 ball-winner1972 shotmaker1974 1829 Sydney Monitor 25 July 4/5 The privates in the barracks are in the habit of amusing themselves with the game of foot-ball; the ball may be daily descried repeatedly mounting higher or lower, according to the skill and energy of the bold military kickers thereof. 1845 Bell's Life in London 9 Feb. After a severe [football] game on both sides.., the countrymen were declared victorious, and John Hallimond, the noted kicker, was carried shoulder high to the Bullring, amidst the huzzas of his partizans. 1891 W. Camp Amer. Football 64 They [sc. guards] must be taught to block securely until the ball is on its way to the runner or kicker. 1921 C. D. Daly Amer. Football ix. 163 There is a combination of kicking and rushing which can be played against a team having a superior kicker. 1986 Rugby Internat. July 23/2 People look at the goalkicking if you are a kicker. They tend to base your play on just that. 2016 Akron (Ohio) Beacon Jrnl. (Nexis) 4 Feb. b1 The kicker sends a ball soaring through the goalpost. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1574
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