a person or thing that kicks.

Informal .

a disadvantageous point or circumstance, usually concealed or unnoticed

The tickets are free, but the kicker is that you have to wait in line for hours to get them.

a surprising change or turn of events

The kicker was that their friends knew it before they did.

something extra, as an additional cost or gain; an added expense or financial incentive.

Draw Poker . a card, usually an ace or face card, held with a pair or three of a kind in the hope of drawing a matching card.

(in concrete construction) a low plinth at the base of a column.

kickers, Slang . shoes, esp. leisure shoes.

Nautical .

a small, low-powered outboard motor.

an auxiliary engine on a sailing vessel, river steamer, etc.

Slang . the alcoholic liquor in a mixed drink.

Also called eyebrow , highline , overline , teaser. Printing, Journalism . a short line of copy set in a distinctive type above a headline and intended to call attention to it.

Metallurgy . a charge of high-carbon iron that produces a vigorous boil when charged into an open-hearth furnace containing slag and molten metal of lower carbon content.

Also called kicker light. Photography . a light source coming from the back and side of a subject and producing a highlight.

noun

gimmick , twist