kicker
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3.3
- noun
- /ˈkɪkər/
- US
:
pateador
- She trains every day to improve her skills as a kicker on the soccer team.
- a skilled kicker
- kickers and strikers
- a lower-skilled kicker
But even with these many advantages, kickers sometimes miss or have their shots blocked.
- But even with these many advantages, kickers sometimes miss or have their shots blocked.
- So we, we had a consulting client one time who was a former NFL kicker.
- It's like you can make that happen now the kicker for Oregon early in the game botch is a kick to where they could have gone up.
Examples
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Middleton also has a chance to be a Division I college kicker if he keeps working hard.
Blog text (3) -
The field goal kicker is hugged by his teammates.
Fiction book (1994) -
At this point, the kick has completed and the kicker has both feet on the ground.
Blog text (2) -
- 'Cause we really need a good kicker.
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He's gonna be a field goal kicker.
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Tom Quillin, current place kicker.
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It's a good thing that the Penn State kicker transfer got a scholarship.
Blog text (11) -
Ted Roof will get his field goal kicker in for a potential game-winning field goal for the Blue Devils.
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Lawrence Tynes has been by far the best kicker this season, scoring 10.9 points per game.
Blog text (10) -
The team's star kicker scored the winning goal in the final minutes of the match.
Synonyms
10
7.7
A player who drops the ball from their hands and kicks it far down the field
2
7.5
A player who kicks the ball from a fixed spot to score field goals or extra points
A football player who drops the ball and kicks it as it touches the ground
Compounds
- Specialized
2
6.3
A player in American football who kicks the ball from the ground for field goals or extra points
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Kicker comes from the verb kick, which means 'to strike with the foot', plus the agent ending -er meaning 'one who'. So a kicker is literally 'one who kicks', which is why it names the player whose main job is to kick the ball.