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KICK BACK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Spring back, as from a forceful thrust

Example:

The gun kicked back into my shoulder

Synonyms:

kick; kick back; recoil

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "kick back" is one way to...):

bounce; bound; rebound; recoil; resile; reverberate; ricochet; spring; take a hop (spring back; spring away from an impact)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pay a kickback; make an illegal payment

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "kick back" is one way to...):

pay (give money, usually in exchange for goods or services)

Domain category:

crime; criminal offence; criminal offense; law-breaking ((criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

kickback (a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction)

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