| 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. |
| BACKCAST | • backcast v. To identify the actions required in order to reach a proposed future. • backcast v. (UK dialectal) To change retrospectively; reverse. • backcast n. A cast or throw back. |
| BACKCHAT | • backchat n. (Britain) Cheeky or impertinent responses, especially to criticism. • backchat v. To respond in a disputative, often sarcastic manner. • back-chat v. Alternative form of backchat. |
| BACKDATE | • backdate v. To give or assign a date to a document that is earlier than the current or true date. • backdate n. An assigned date that is earlier than the current or true date. • BACKDATE v. to date to an earlier time. |
| BACKFATS | • BACKFAT n. the layer of fat between the skin and muscle in animals. |
| BACKSEAT | • backseat n. Alternative spelling of back seat. • back-seat n. Alternative spelling of back seat. • back␣seat n. Any of the seats in the rear of a vehicle. |
| BACKSTAB | • backstab v. (Transitive) to attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous… • BACKSTAB v. to stab in the back. |
| BACKSTAY | • backstay n. (Nautical) A part of the rigging of a sailing ship extending from masthead the top of the mast to the… • backstay n. A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something. • BACKSTAY n. a stay extending from ship's mastheads to the side of the ship. |
| BACKTALK | • backtalk n. (US) Verbal impudence or argumentative discourse, given in response. • backtalk v. (Transitive) To respond to in an aggressively disputatious, often sarcastic or insolent manner. • BACKTALK n. an impudent reply. |
| BRATPACK | • bratpack adj. (Informal, film) Of or relating to the Brat Pack. • Brat␣Pack prop.n. (Informal, film, historical) A group of young actors who frequently appeared together in teen-oriented… • Brat␣Pack prop.n. (Informal, literature, historical) A group of young authors who emerged on the East Coast in the 1980s. |
| FASTBACK | • fastback n. A motor car having a continuous slope from the roof to the rear. • FASTBACK n. a type of automobile roof. |
| FATBACKS | • fatbacks n. Plural of fatback. • FATBACK n. a dried strip of fat from the back of a hog. |
| FLATBACK | • flatback n. A chelonid turtle, Natator depressus, with low-domed carapace, endemic to the continental shelf of Australia. • FLATBACK n. a pottery figure with a flat back. |
| SCATBACK | • scatback n. (American football) A small lightweight running back valued for speed rather than power. • SCATBACK n. a type of player in football. |
| SEATBACK | • seatback n. The usually vertical portion of a chair or similar piece of furniture that supports the back. • seatback n. A loose ornamental covering for the back of a sofa or chair. • SEATBACK n. the back of a seat. |
| TAILBACK | • tailback n. (UK) A line of motor vehicles causing or the result of traffic congestion or a traffic jam. • tailback n. (American football) A running back or halfback who lines up furthest to the rear in an I formation. • TAILBACK n. a member of a football formation. |
| TALKBACK | • talkback n. A system in broadcasting and recording studios that enables the director to communicate with others… • talkback n. (By extension) Communication from members of the public to the makers of a broadcast transmission while… • talk␣back v. (Idiomatic) To reply impertinently or rudely; to answer in a cheeky or rude manner. |