how to pronounce kickback

/ˈkɪkˌbæk/

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kickback is pronounced in two syllables

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kɪkbæk

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An example use of kickback in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… cities get a kickback a percentage …”

meanings of kickback

noun:

  1. A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play.
  2. A relaxed party.
  3. 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.
  4. A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity.
  5. A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction.
  6. Recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator.
  7. In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit.
  8. A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead.
  9. The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end.

kickback frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word kickback occurs in english on average 0.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics kickback can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that kickback can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

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