Other forms: kickbacks
A kickback is the sudden backward force a machine gives. Chainsaw kickback, the kickback of the drill, avoid kickback.
It is the commonest way a chainsaw injures somebody: the tip of the bar catches and the whole saw is thrown up and back towards the face. The other meaning is a bribe paid out of the money a contract released. Note the compound of kick and back.
1nounkickbackThe sudden backward force a machine gives.
“Hold the drill firmly, or the kickback could twist your wrist.”
2nounbribeA bribe paid from the proceeds of a deal.
“The mayor was arrested for taking kickbacks from builders who won city contracts.”
kickback is a force, or a bribe.
Deverbal from kick back.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
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