| BACKGROUNDERS | • backgrounders n. Plural of backgrounder. • BACKGROUNDER n. an off the record briefing for reporters. |
| BACKGROUNDING | • backgrounding v. Present participle of background. • backgrounding n. The act by which something is backgrounded, in any sense. • backgrounding n. An intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot, during which… |
| BLACKGUARDING | • blackguarding v. Present participle of blackguard. • BLACKGUARD v. to vituperate; to portray as a scoundrel. |
| GROUNDBREAKER | • groundbreaker n. First person to do, make or fight for something. A pioneer; a seminal person. • GROUNDBREAKER n. one that innovates. |
| HOUSEBREAKING | • housebreaking n. The act of breaking into another person’s house with unlawful intent. • housebreaking v. (Animal training) present participle of housebreak. • HOUSEBREAKING n. the act of breaking into a house for the purpose of stealing. |
| HYDRAULICKING | • hydraulicking n. Hydraulic mining (mining using pressurized water jets to dislodge rock or move sediment). • hydraulicking v. Present participle of hydraulic. • HYDRAULICKING n. the act of excavating with powerful jets of water. |
| KERAUNOGRAPHS | • keraunographs n. Plural of keraunograph. • KERAUNOGRAPH n. an instrument for detecting distant thunderstorms, also CERAUNOGRAPH. |
| MANRIKIGUSARI | • MANRIKIGUSARI n. (Japanese) a Japanese chain weapon with weighted ends. |
| MUCKSPREADING | • MUCKSPREAD v. to spread manure on fields. |
| MULTITRACKING | • multitracking n. Multitrack recording. • MULTITRACK v. to make a recording using many tracks. |
| SOUNDTRACKING | • soundtracking v. Present participle of soundtrack. • SOUNDTRACK v. to provide with a soundtrack. |
| SPARKPLUGGING | • sparkplugging v. Present participle of sparkplug. • SPARKPLUG v. to spark something off, in the manner of a sparkplug in a car carrying wires between which an electric spark passes to fire the explosive mixture of gases. |
| TROUBLEMAKING | • troublemaking adj. Causing trouble. • troublemaking n. Causing trouble; acting in a disruptive way. • TROUBLEMAKING n. the act of making trouble. |