Kicker vs Sicker - What's the difference?
kicker | sicker |
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.
(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.
(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.
(sick)
(obsolete, outside, dialects) certain
(obsolete, outside, dialects) secure
(obsolete, outside, dialects) certainly
(obsolete, outside, dialects) securely
(mining, UK, dialect) To percolate, trickle, or ooze, as water through a crack.
(Webster 1913)
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)- 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.
- Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker .