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big kicker

big kicker

7.5
A main reason that makes you choose something
  • noun
translation icon : factor decisivo
  • For me, the big kicker was the flexible work schedule offered by the new job.

Examples

  • The big kicker in choosing this apartment was its proximity to my office.

  • Our team's experience was a big kicker in winning the championship.

  • The big kicker came when the company offered a year of free service with the device.

  • The new marketing strategy was a big kicker for our sales.

  • For me, the big kicker was the flexible work schedule offered by the new job.

  • The big kicker in choosing this apartment was its proximity to my office.

  • The big kicker came when the company offered a year of free service with the device.

Synonyms

the name of the game
vsbig kicker
  • Informal
11 6.0

The most important thing in a situation or activity

focuses on the single decisive advantage, not general importance
determining factor
vsbig kicker
8 3.7

A fact or condition that decides the result of something

is more about being the main advantage than merely influencing events
decisive factor
vsbig kicker
3 4.2

The main thing that makes one result happen

is the main advantage rather than just ensuring final result

Antonyms

disadvantage
108 2.9

A condition that makes it harder to succeed or compete

drawback
50 3.4

A thing that makes something less good or useful

How Decisive

big kicker
7.5
advantage
∞ 2.8
minor detail
6 3.2

Surface Forms

big kicker singular
big kickers plural

Morphology

big + kicker

The sense 'main advantage or decisive factor' for 'kicker' is an idiomatic, extended use not transparently related to the literal agent noun formed from 'kick' (a person who kicks) or to 'big'. A B1 learner who only knows the literal meanings of the constituents would not reliably infer this specialized, figurative sense, so the phrase is effectively idiomatic and unpredictable.

Etymology

The phrase big kicker comes from the image of a final kicker who makes a last kick to win a sports game. So the big kicker is the main factor that 'decides' the result.