Kicker vs. Kickee — What's the Difference?

One that kicks

One who is kicked.

A sudden, surprising turn of events or ending; a twist.

A tricky or concealed condition; a pitfall

A condition that imposes an automatic increase, as in a pension plan.

A small outboard motor.

One who kicks.

(sports) One who takes kicks.

(American football) A placekicker: a player who kicks the football during free kicks, kick offs, field goals, and extra point tries.

(nautical) The kicking strap.

An outboard motor.

(colloquial) An unexpected situation, detail or circumstance, often unpleasant, serving as a punchline or clincher.

(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.

(journalism) Small text above a headline that indicates the topic of the story.

(journalism) The last one or two paragraphs of a story.

(journalism) lead-in

A lighthearted or humorous item used to round off a news broadcast.

(printing) A device that periodically displaces a newspaper from the print production line, to aid in gathering the newspapers into fixed-size bundles.

(sports) A launch ramp.

(prison slang) The fermenting mass of fruit that is the basis of pruno, or "prison wine".

(informal) A relaxed party.

A backlight positioned at an angle.

(pinball) A rubber pad that propels the ball away upon impact, like a bumper, but usually a horizontal side of a wall.

(performance art) A practitioner of the kicking performance art.

A complainer.

A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes, and/or philosophy.

One who, or that which, kicks.

A fact, condition, or circumstance, sometimes concealed or not obvious, which reduces or eliminates the benefit of an apparently advantageous situation; a joker{5}; as, under the Soviet system, bread was good and cheap, but the kicker was that you waited in line for hours to get any, if it was available.

An unforeseen added expense or additional cost; as, the printer was cheap, but the special paper it needed was an expensive kicker.

A player who kicks the football