Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | English word KICKBACK
KICKBACK
Definitions of KICKBACK
- A relaxed party.
- (countable) A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.
- (countable, informal) A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; a kind of bribe.
- (uncountable, firearms, machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
- (countable, machinery) An accident where an object being cut by a rotating blade or disk, such as a circular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward.
- (machinery, forestry) An accident wherein the upper tip of the bar of a running chainsaw contacts a relatively immovable object, forcing the bar upwards and pressing the running chain more firmly against the object, causing the saw to be hurled upwards and backwards into the operator's face.
- (oil drilling) A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.
- (countable, bowling) The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end.
- (uncountable, bridge) In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit.
- (pinball) A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play.
Number of letters
8
Is palindrome
No
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