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Kicker vs Sicker - What's the difference?

kicker | sicker |

As a noun kicker

is one who kicks.

As an adjective sicker is

comparative of sick.

As an adverb sicker is

certainly.

As a verb sicker is

to percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.

kicker

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who kicks.
  • (sports) One who takes kicks.
  • (nautical) The kicking strap.
  • (nautical, informal) An outboard motor.
  • (colloquial) An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant.
  • John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.
    Tuition is free; the kicker is that mandatory room and board costs twice as much as at other colleges.
  • (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.
  • Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker .
  • (slang, Southern US) A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes and/or philosophy.
  • (journalism) The last one or two paragraphs of a story.
  • Derived terms

    * knee kicker

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    sicker

    English

    Etymology 1

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (sick)
  • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * siker * siccer * siccar

    Adjective

  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) certain
  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) secure
  • Adverb

  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) certainly
  • (obsolete, outside, dialects) securely
  • Derived terms

    * sickerly * sickerhood

    Etymology 3

    Alternative forms

    * sigger * zigger

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (mining, UK, dialect) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.
  • (Webster 1913)

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