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See also:kick backandkick-back

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Deverbal fromkick back.

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Noun

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kickback (countable anduncountable,pluralkickbacks)

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  1. (countable) Abackwardkick; aretrogrademovement of anextremity.
    • 2010, Christina T. Loguidice, Bill Loguidice,Wii Fitness For Dummies:
      Kickbacks work the triceps muscle at the back of your arm. Exercising these muscles helps eliminate arm jiggle.
  2. (countable, informal) Acovert, oftenillegal,payment in return for afavor consisting of providing anopportunity ofchargeabletransaction; especially, a kind ofquid pro quo in whichif you (aninsider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind ofbribe.
    Hypernyms:bribe;see alsoThesaurus:bribe
    • 2018, Oliver Bullough, chapter 4, inMoneyland, Profile Books,→ISBN, page65:
      Central to his [Yury Skuratov's] investigation werekickbacks supposedly paid by a Swiss construction company for contracts to restore government buildings, including both houses of parliament.
    • 2021 February 11, “Publication 17 (2020), Your Federal Income Tax”, inirs.gov[1],Internal Revenue Service, retrieved24 August 2021,Kickbacks:
      You sell cars and help arrange car insurance for buyers. Insurance brokers pay back part of their commissions to you for referring customers to them. You must include thekickbacks in your income.
  3. (uncountable, firearms, machinery)Recoil; a suddenbackward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
  4. (countable, machinery) An accident where an object being cut by arotatingblade ordisk, such as acircular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward.
  5. (machinery, forestry) An accident wherein the upper tip of thebar of a runningchainsaw contacts a relativelyimmovable object, forcing the bar upwards and pressing the runningchain more firmly against the object, causing the saw to behurled upwards and backwards into the operator'sface.
  6. (oil industry) A dangerous buildup ofgas pressure at thewellhead.
  7. (countable, bowling) The board separating onebowlinglane from another at thepit end.
  8. (uncountable, bridge) Incontract bridge, anace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreedtrump suit.
  9. (pinball) Afeature that saves theball fromdraining andpropels it back into play.
    • 1973, Doug Anderson, “Pinball Wizard”, inTexas Monthly, volume 1, number7, August 1973, page84:
      We've come a long way since then. The progeny of that nail have been bent and twisted into what we all know and love as roll overs,kickbacks, and thumper-bumpers.
  10. A relaxed party.
    Synonym:kicker

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backward kick
covert payment in return for a favorsee alsocommission
sudden backward motion; recoil
accident wherein an object is caught by the blade and thrown outward
dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead
board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end
an ace asking convention (in contract bridge)
feature that saves the ball and propels it back into play (pinball)
relaxed party

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