| BACKBAND | • backband n. A band that passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage. • BACKBAND n. the band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage. |
| BACKBARS | • BACKBAR n. the space behind a bar with shelves for bottles. |
| BACKBEAT | • backbeat n. (Music) The sharp accent on the second and fourth beats of rock music in 4/4 time. • back␣beat n. (Music) Any of the even beats in music, as opposed to the odd downbeats. • BACKBEAT n. one of the normally unstressed beats in a musical bar, used as a secondary syncopated beat. |
| BACKBEND | • backbend n. (Gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or… • backbend v. To perform such a move. • BACKBEND n. an acrobatic feat. |
| BACKBITE | • backbite v. To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone. • backbite v. (Informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks. • backbite v. To speak badly of an absent individual. |
| BACKBOND | • backbond n. (Scotland, law) An instrument which, in conjunction with another making an absolute disposition, constitutes a trust. • BACKBOND n. a deed attaching a qualification or condition to the terms of a conveyance or other instrument. |
| BACKBONE | • backbone n. The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down… • backbone n. (Figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure. • backbone n. (Figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength. |
| BACKBURN | • backburn n. A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material. • backburn v. To light a fire for this reason. • back-burn n. Alternative spelling of backburn. |
| BACKCOMB | • backcomb v. To hold hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look. • backcomb n. The hairstyle produced by backcombing. • backcomb n. (Dated) A decorative comb worn as an ornament and to secure a hairstyle. |
| BACKSTAB | • backstab v. (Transitive) to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous… • BACKSTAB v. to stab in the back. |
| BAREBACK | • bareback adj. Without a saddle. • bareback adj. Without a condom. • bareback adj. (Dated) Without a shirt; shirtless. |
| BLACKBOY | • blackboy n. (Australia, obsolete, possibly offensive) An Aboriginal boy or servant. • blackboy n. (Australia, informal) Any plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea, native to Australia. • black␣boy n. Alternative spelling of blackboy. |
| BLOWBACK | • blowback n. (Firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward… • blowback n. An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action. • blowback n. (Slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker’s mouth). |
| BLUEBACK | • blueback n. Any of several fish. • BLUEBACK n. a kind of trout inhabiting some of the lakes of Maine. |
| BRICKBAT | • brickbat n. A piece of brick used as a weapon, especially if thrown, or placed in something like a sock and used as a club. • brickbat n. (Figurative) A criticism or uncomplimentary remark. • brickbat v. (Transitive) To attack by throwing brickbats. |
| BUCKBEAN | • buckbean n. Menyanthes trifoliata, a plant with racemes of white or reddish flowers and intensely bitter leaves… • BUCKBEAN n. a marsh plant. |
| BUYBACKS | • buybacks n. Plural of buyback. • buy-backs n. Plural of buy-back. • buy␣backs n. Plural of buy back. |