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kickback

The correct spelling is kickback.

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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. 1.A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity.
  2. 2.A covert – often illegal – payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction.
  3. 3.(machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
  4. 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. 5.A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.

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