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Kickback

A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity.

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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.

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