| BACKOUT | • backout n. A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order). • backout n. (Aerospace) A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch. • back␣out v. (Transitive) To reverse (a vehicle) from a confined space. |
| BACKUPS | • backups n. Plural of backup. • back-ups n. Plural of back-up. • BACKUP n. a substitute, a standby. |
| BUCKRAM | • buckram n. A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and… • buckram v. (Transitive) To stiffen with or as if with buckram. • buckram n. A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic. |
| BUCKSAW | • bucksaw n. A saw, in a metal frame, used to cut lengths of wood. • BUCKSAW n. a large saw in an H-frame. |
| BUYBACK | • buyback n. The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it. • buyback n. A government purchase scheme intended to achieve a specific goal such as habitat protection or a reduction… • buyback n. (Countable) A free drink given to a patron by a bartender. |
| CHABOUK | • chabouk n. Alternative form of chabuk. • CHABOUK n. (Urdu) a type of horsewhip, also CHABUK. |
| CHABUKS | • chabuks n. Plural of chabuk. • CHABUK n. (Urdu) a type of horsewhip, also CHABOUK. |
| CUTBACK | • cutback n. A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service. • cutback n. (Surfing) Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking. • cutback n. (Roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings. |
| CUTBANK | • cutbank n. (North America) The outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank… • Cut␣Bank prop.n. A city, the county seat of Glacier County, Montana, United States. • CUTBANK n. a steep stream bank. |
| HACKBUT | • hackbut n. Obsolete form of arquebus. • HACKBUT n. (historical) a harquebus; a matchlock gun invented in the 15th century, also HAGBUT. |
| HAWBUCK | • hawbuck n. (Obsolete) A vulgar, ignorant country fellow. • HAWBUCK n. a bumpkin. |
| OUTBACK | • outback n. (Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops. • outback adj. Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas. • outback adv. To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia. |
| RUNBACK | • runback n. (American football) The act of returning a kicked ball, such as from a punt or kickoff. • runback n. A managed reduction of output in a power plant. • run␣back v. To take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house. |
| SACKBUT | • sackbut n. (Music) A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone… • SACKBUT n. a medieval trombone, also SACBUT, SAGBUT. |
| SAWBUCK | • sawbuck n. A framework for holding wood so that it can be sawed; a sawhorse. • sawbuck n. (US, slang) A ten-dollar bill. • saw␣buck n. Alternative form of sawbuck. |
| SUBTACK | • subtack n. An underlease in Scotland. • SUBTACK n. a sublease in Scotland. |
| SUNBACK | • sunback n. The low-cut back of a woman’s dress. • SUNBACK adj. cut low to expose the back to sunlight. |
| ZAMBUCK | • zambuck n. Alternative spelling of zambuk. • ZAMBUCK n. (New Zealand) a member of the St John's ambulance brigade, esp. one on duty at a sporting event, also ZAMBUK. |