KICKER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A player who kicks the football

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("kicker" is a kind of...):

football player; footballer (an athlete who plays American football)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "kicker"):

dropkicker (a football kicker who drops the ball and kicks it just as it reaches the ground)

place-kicker; placekicker ((football) a kicker who makes a place kick for a goal)

punter ((football) a person who kicks the football by dropping it from the hands and contacting it with the foot before it hits the ground)

Derivation:

kick (drive or propel with the foot)