| ADORKABLE | • adorkable adj. (Informal) Adorable in a dorky, socially awkward manner. • ADORKABLE adj. (slang) socially inept or unfashionable in a charming or endearing way. |
| BACKDATED | • backdated v. Simple past tense and past participle of backdate. • BACKDATE v. to date to an earlier time. |
| BACKDATES | • backdates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate. • backdates n. Plural of backdate. • BACKDATE v. to date to an earlier time. |
| BACKPEDAL | • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle. • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To step backwards. • backpedal v. (Intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea. |
| BAKEBOARD | • bakeboard n. (Now rare) A board upon which dough is prepared (kneaded, etc) while making bread. • BAKEBOARD n. (Scots) a board for kneading dough on. |
| BANDBRAKE | • BANDBRAKE n. a brake or clutch in the form of a flexible band. |
| BARRACKED | • barracked v. Simple past tense and past participle of barrack. • BARRACK v. to shout encouragement. |
| BLACKHEAD | • blackhead n. (Countable, medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged… • blackhead n. (Uncountable) A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird’s head. • blackhead n. (Countable) A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya. |
| BLACKLEAD | • blacklead v. To cover, treat or polish with graphite. • blacklead n. Alternative form of black lead. • black␣lead n. (Now historical) The metal lead. |
| DAYBREAKS | • daybreaks n. Plural of daybreak. • DAYBREAK n. the first appearance of light in the morning. |
| HANDBRAKE | • handbrake n. (Mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) A brake in a vehicle, set by hand, and usually… • handbrake n. (Mechanical engineering, automotive, rail transport) The mechanism, particularly the locking hand-operated… • handbrake v. To apply the handbrake in a vehicle. |
| HARDBAKES | • hardbakes n. Plural of hardbake. • HARDBAKE n. a sweetmeat of boiled brown sugar or molasses made with almonds etc. |
| KNEADABLE | • kneadable adj. Capable of being kneaded, or worked into a mass. • KNEADABLE adj. that may be kneaded. |
| LAYBACKED | • laybacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of layback. • LAYBACK v. to climb using the layback technique. |
| WAKEBOARD | • wakeboard n. The board one stands on for wakeboarding. • wakeboard v. To take part in wakeboarding. • WAKEBOARD v. to ride a short, very broad water ski while being towed by a motorboat. |