English verb: kick back | |||
1. | kick back (possession) pay a kickback; make an illegal payment | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | pay | ||
Domain category | crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offence, offense | ||
2. | kick back (contact) spring back, as from a forceful thrust | ||
Samples | The gun kicked back into my shoulder. | ||
Synonyms | kick, recoil | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bounce, bound, rebound, recoil, resile, reverberate, ricochet, spring, take a hop | ||