| BACKDROPPING | • backdropping v. Present participle of backdrop. • BACKDROP v. to create a background for a stage. |
| BACKPADDLING | • backpaddling v. Present participle of backpaddle. |
| BACKPEDALING | • backpedaling v. (US) present participle of backpedal. • backpedaling n. The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACKSLIDINGS | • backslidings n. Plural of backsliding. • BACKSLIDING n. a lapse, a moral transgression. |
| BACKSTITCHED | • backstitched v. Simple past tense and past participle of backstitch. • BACKSTITCH v. to stitch in this way. |
| BACKWOODSIER | • BACKWOODSY adj. uncouth, rustic. |
| BIOFEEDBACKS | • biofeedbacks n. Plural of biofeedback. • BIOFEEDBACK n. a technique for learning control of autonomic body functions in response to monitoring by electronic instruments such as an electrocardiograph. |
| BLACKBERRIED | • blackberried v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackberry. • BlackBerried adj. (Informal) Carrying and/or using a BlackBerry device. • BlackBerried v. Simple past tense and past participle of BlackBerry. |
| BLACKBIRDERS | • blackbirders n. Plural of blackbirder. • BLACKBIRDER n. (Australian slang) a person engaged in press-ganging or kidnapping labourers in the south Pacific region for work on the sugar plantations; a slave trader. |
| BLACKBIRDING | • blackbirding n. (UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour. • blackbirding v. Present participle of blackbird. • BLACKBIRDING n. trafficking in slaves. |
| BLACKLEADING | • blackleading v. Present participle of blacklead. • BLACKLEAD v. to coat with blacklead. |
| BREAKDANCING | • breakdancing n. (Dance) An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York… • break-dancing n. Alternative spelling of breakdancing. • break-dancing v. Present participle of break-dance. |
| CRACKBRAINED | • crackbrained adj. Idiotic. • CRACKBRAINED adj. of or like a crackbrain, a crazy person. |
| DIAMONDBACKS | • diamondbacks n. Plural of diamondback. • DIAMONDBACK n. a kind of rattlesnake. |
| ROADBLOCKING | • roadblocking v. Present participle of roadblock. • ROADBLOCK v. to bar by means of a roadblock. |
| STICKYBEAKED | • stickybeaked v. Simple past tense and past participle of stickybeak. • STICKYBEAK v. to pry. |
| SWITCHBACKED | • switchbacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of switchback. • SWITCHBACK v. to follow a zigzag course esp. for ascent or descent. |