I. intransitive verb
1. : to recoil upon one usually in an unexpected way
his accusations kicked back and he found himself in jail
2. : to pay a kickback
forced to kick back out of every paycheck
transitive verb
1. : to restore (something stolen) to the owner
2. : to give back (money) as a kickback
asked to kick a dollar back each week
II. intransitive verb
: to assume a relaxed position or attitude ; also : to spend time relaxing : take it easy
spent two weeks just kicking back at home