noun General Slang

Kicker

· noun · trucker

An illegal linear amplifier that boosts a CB radio way past legal power.

0

Definitions

1

A linear amplifier strapped onto a CB rig to push the signal far beyond the FCC's 4-watt limit. Drivers run kickers to reach further down the interstate or drown out the competition on a busy channel. Highly illegal in the US, widely used anyway. Also called a 'boots' or 'amp.' Get caught and the FCC will write you a fine that hurts.

“He's got a kicker on that rig, you can hear him from three states over.”
by community
0

Kicker In A Sentence

He's got a kicker on that rig, you can hear him from three states over.

Origin & Usage

1970s CB radio slang. References the way an amplifier 'kicks' the signal output to dramatically higher wattage.

Variants bootslinear

Comments 0