kickback

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.

6. 6

   The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end.

7. 7

   In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit.

8. 8

   A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play.

9. 9

   A relaxed party.