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ALL meanings of kickback

kick·back
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  • noun kickback bribe 1
  • noun kickback recoil from gun 1
  • noun kickback recoil from gun 1
  • noun kickback recoil from gun 1
  • noun kickback a percentage of income given to a person in a position of power or influence as payment for having made the income possible: usually considered improper or unethical. 1
  • noun kickback a rebate, usually given secretively by a seller to a buyer or to one who influenced the buyer. 1
  • noun kickback the practice of an employer or a person in a supervisory position of taking back a portion of the wages due workers. 1
  • noun kickback a response, usually vigorous. 1
  • noun kickback a sudden, uncontrolled movement of a machine, tool, or other device, as on starting or in striking an obstruction: A kickback from a chain saw can be dangerous. 1
  • noun kickback A sudden forceful recoil. 1
  • noun kickback (Countable Noun) A backward kick. 0
  • noun kickback (Countable Noun) A clandestine payment in return for a favor; especially an illegal one. 0
  • noun kickback (Uncountable Noun) (firearms, machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator. 0
  • noun kickback (Countable Noun) (machinery) An accident wherein an object being cut by a rotating blade or disk, such as a circular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward. 0
  • noun kickback (oil industry) A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead. 0
  • noun kickback (Countable Noun) (bowling) The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end. 0
  • noun kickback (Uncountable Noun) (bridge) In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit. 0
  • noun kickback (pinball) A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play. 0
  • countable noun kickback A kickback is a sum of money that is paid to someone illegally, for example money which a company pays someone to arrange for the company to be chosen to do an important job. 0
  • noun kickback a strong reaction 0
  • noun kickback part of an income paid to a person having influence over the size or payment of the income, esp by some illegal arrangement 0
  • verb kickback to have a strong reaction 0
  • verb kickback (esp of a gun) to recoil 0
  • verb kickback to pay a kickback to (someone) 0
  • noun kickback a sharp, violent reaction 0
  • noun kickback a giving back of part of money received as payment, commission, etc., often as a result of coercion or an understanding 0
  • noun kickback the money so returned 0
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