kickback vs reply

kickback

noun
  • A backward kick, a retrograde movement of an extremity. 

  • recoil; a sudden backward motion, usually in the direction of the operator. 

  • An accident wherein the upper tip of the bar of a running chainsaw contacts a relatively immovable object, forcing the bar upwards and pressing the running chain more firmly against the object, causing the saw to be hurled upwards and backwards into the operator's face. 

  • A dangerous buildup of gas pressure at the wellhead. 

  • In contract bridge, an ace asking convention initiated by the first step above four of the agreed trump suit. 

  • An accident where an object being cut by a rotating blade or disk, such as a circular saw, is caught by the blade and thrown outward. 

  • The board separating one bowling lane from another at the pit end. 

  • A feature that saves the ball from draining and propels it back into play. 

  • A relaxed party. 

  • A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; a kind of bribe. 

reply

noun
  • A counterattack. 

  • Something given in reply. 

  • A document written by a party specifically replying to a responsive declaration and in some cases an answer. 

  • The answer of a figure. 

  • A written or spoken response; part of a conversation. 

verb
  • To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer. 

  • To act or gesture in response. 

  • To repeat something back; to echo. 

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