tyre kicker
A person who pretends to be interested in purchasing an item (especially a car), but who has no intention of buying it.
"Some exhibitions charge a ticket price to separate the tyre-kickers from the genuine buyers," Doherty says.
kicker
UK /ˈkɪkə/ US /ˈkɪkɚ/
noun 6
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1ADJ.
free, mandatory
Definitions
noun
1
One who kicks.
2
One who takes kicks.
3
One who takes kicks.
4
The kicking strap.
5
An outboard motor.
noun
1
A particular type of Texan who is associated with country/western attire, attitudes, and/or philosophy.
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Example Bank
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John wants to climb the wall, but the kicker is that it is thirty feet tall.
Wiktionary02
Tuition is free; the kicker is that mandatory room and board costs twice as much as at other colleges.
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If the coffee is currently being spilled, I can't unspill it. And here's the kicker. You can't change the future, because it hasn't happened yet.
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Yanni's goat is a kicker.
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Here's the kicker.
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i Register
In some senses, kicker is marked as informal, slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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