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NOUN:
  1. One that kicks: a soccer player who was an excellent kicker.
  2. Informal
    1. A sudden, surprising turn of events or ending; a twist.
    2. A tricky or concealed condition; a pitfall: "The kicker is that the relationship of guide and seeker gets all mixed up with a confusing male-female attachment" (Gail Sheehy).
  3. A condition that imposes an automatic increase, as in a pension plan.



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