Kickback usually refers to:

• Political corruption
• Bribery

It can also refer to:

• The sports section of the long defunct Channel Four Daily
• A variant of Blackwood convention in contract bridge
• Kickback (Transformers) is an Insecticon character from the various fictional Transformers universes
• With power tools, a "kickback" happens when stock, such as wood, being fed into the power tool, is suddenly pushed backward toward the operator, potentially causing injury
• In the Oil industry "kickback" refers to a sudden dangerous build up of pressure at the well head which could lead to an explosion
• The NATO reporting name for the Raduga Kh-15 guided missile
• The French metalcore band Kickback.
• The Kickback, a 1922 film starring Harry Carey.
• The recoil of a firearm.
• A one-armed dumbbell exercise performed to strengthen the triceps
• A social gathering, usually consisting of multiple teenagers, where the main activity is socializing and relaxing.
• Jambos Kickback, one of Britain's busiest football messageboards.