bakslag — meaning in English

English meaning

• kickback noun A secret, illegal payment made in return for helping arrange a deal or contract — a type of bribe.
• setback noun A problem or delay that slows down or reverses progress.

Senses

bakslag is used for these senses in English:

• back fire An explosion produced either by a running internal combustion engine that occurs in the air intake or exhaust system rather than inside the combustion chamber or unburned fuel or hydrocarbons ignited somewhere in the exhaust system.
• kickback (countable) A backward kick; a retrograde movement of an extremity.
• setback An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, or blow (an adverse event which slows down, or prevents progress towards a desired outcome).

kickback — full definition

1. noun A secret, illegal payment made in return for helping arrange a deal or contract — a type of bribe.
2. noun A sudden, forceful backward jerk of a tool or machine, such as a saw blade catching and snapping back toward the operator.

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