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To relax.

Example: I'm going to stay at home on Saturday and just kick back.

To covertly pay in it the proceeds of a transaction in return for mediating it.

Example: It was the insurer’s practice to kick back to the broker approximately 0.12% of the premium paid by the policyholder.

A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity.

A covert – often illegal – payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction.

(machinery) Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.

(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.