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Rarekickback
The correct spelling is kickback.
How to pronounce kickback
noun
Say it like: Kik-bak
The correct spelling is kickback. A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity.
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Definition
noun
- 1.A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity.
- 2.A covert – often illegal – payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction.
- 3.(machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
- 4.(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.
- 5.A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.
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