| BACKBURNING | • backburning v. Present participle of backburn. • BACKBURN v. to set a fire in order to halt the spread of another fire. |
| BACKDRAUGHT | • backdraught n. (Firefighting, chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of backdraft. • BACKDRAUGHT n. a reverse movement of air, also BACKDRAFT. |
| BACKGROUNDS | • backgrounds n. Plural of background. • backgrounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background. • BACKGROUND v. to provide with background. |
| BACKHAULING | • backhauling v. Present participle of backhaul. • BACKHAUL v. to return after delivering a cargo. |
| BANKRUPTING | • bankrupting v. Present participle of bankrupt. • BANKRUPT v. to make insolvent. |
| BIVOUACKING | • bivouacking v. Present participle of bivouac. • BIVOUAC v. (French) to spend the night in a makeshift camp without tents etc. |
| BLACKGUARDS | • blackguards n. Plural of blackguard. • BLACKGUARD v. to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel. |
| BLUEJACKING | • bluejacking n. The act, practice, or activity of sending anonymous text messages to a mobile phone using Bluetooth. • bluejacking v. Present participle of bluejack. • BLUEJACKING n. the sending of unsolicited messages over Bluetooth to Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mobile phones. |
| BUSHWALKING | • bushwalking n. (Australia, New Zealand) The activity of hiking or backpacking. • bushwalking v. Present participle of bushwalk. • BUSHWALKING n. hiking through the bush as a leisure activity. |
| GRUBSTAKERS | • grubstakers n. Plural of grubstaker. • GRUBSTAKER n. one who provides a grubstake. |
| GRUBSTAKING | • grubstaking v. Present participle of grubstake. • GRUBSTAKE v. to provide with funds for an enterprise. |
| KOURBASHING | • kourbashing v. Present participle of kourbash. • KOURBASH v. (Arabic) to whip with a hide whip, also KURBASH. |
| OUTBREAKING | • outbreaking n. The act of breaking out. • outbreaking n. That which bursts forth. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • outbreaking v. Present participle of outbreak. |
| PARBUCKLING | • parbuckling v. Present participle of parbuckle. • PARBUCKLE v. to raise or lower (a cask, gun, etc.) with a parbuckle, a sling made by wrapping both ends of rope around object. |
| PLOUGHBACKS | • PLOUGHBACK n. the reinvestment of profits, also PLOWBACK. |
| TANKBUSTING | • tankbusting n. (Colloquial) The destruction of tanks by military aircraft. • tankbusting adj. (Colloquial) Of a military aircraft: designed for the destruction of tanks. • TANKBUSTING n. the use of a tankbuster, a plane that specialises in attacking tanks. |
| UNDERBAKING | • underbaking v. Present participle of underbake. • UNDERBAKE v. to bake insufficiently. |