| BACKCHATS | • backchats n. Plural of backchat. • backchats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backchat. • back-chats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of back-chat. |
| BACKCLOTH | • backcloth n. The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop. • back-cloth n. Alternative spelling of backcloth. • BACKCLOTH n. the painted cloth or curtain at the back of the stage. |
| CHAPSTICK | • chapstick n. Lip balm. • CHAPSTICK n. a small stick of a substance for soothing chapped lips. |
| CHATCHKAS | • chatchkas n. Plural of chatchka. • CHATCHKA n. (Yiddish) a knickknack, also CHACHKA, CHATCHKE, TSATSKE, TCHOTCHKE. |
| CHATCHKES | • chatchkes n. Plural of chatchke. • CHATCHKE n. (Yiddish) a knicknack, also CHACHKA, CHATCHKA, TSATSKE, TCHOTCHKE. |
| CHECKMATE | • checkmate interj. (Chess) Word called out by the victor when making a move that wins the game. • checkmate interj. (By extension) Said when one has placed a person in a losing situation with no escape. • checkmate n. The conclusive victory in a game of chess that occurs when an opponent’s king is threatened with unavoidable… |
| COCKMATCH | • cockmatch n. (Archaic) A cockfight. • COCKMATCH n. a cockfight. |
| HATCHBACK | • hatchback n. A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards. • hatchback n. The door itself. • HATCHBACK n. a car with a certain type of liftable back. |
| HATCHECKS | • hatchecks n. Plural of hatcheck. • HATCHECK n. the receiving of hats for safekeeping. |
| HEATHCOCK | • heathcock n. Alternative form of heath cock. • Heathcock prop.n. A surname transferred from the nickname. • heath␣cock n. The male black grouse. |
| MATCHLOCK | • matchlock n. Early type of firearm, using a smoldering piece of cord to fire the powder in the firing pan. • matchlock n. The gunlock used in such a weapon, having a slow smouldering match, see: slow match. • MATCHLOCK n. an early form of gun. |
| NOTCHBACK | • notchback n. A motor car whose rear window makes an angle with its back segment. • NOTCHBACK n. a car whose roof does not slope continuously from the roof to the bumper, but juts out from the bottom of the rear window. |
| PACKCLOTH | • packcloth n. A strong, coarse cloth used for packaging. • PACKCLOTH n. a cloth in which goods are enclosed. |
| PATCHOCKE | • PATCHOCKE n. (Spenser) perhaps a clown, also PATCHCOCKE. |
| SACKCLOTH | • sackcloth n. A coarse hessian style of cloth used to make sacks. • sackcloth n. (Usually with “and ashes”, also figurative) Garments worn as an act of penance. • sackcloth adj. Made of sackcloth. |
| SALTCHUCK | • saltchuck n. (British Columbia, Washington, Pacific Northwest) Any body of saltwater, especially the ocean. • salt␣chuck n. Alternative form of saltchuck. • SALTCHUCK n. (Canadian) a body of salt water. |
| TACMAHACK | • tacmahack n. Archaic form of tacamahac. • TACMAHACK n. (Nahuatl) a gum resin yielded by various tropical trees, also TACAMAHAC, TAKAMAKA. |
| TOUCHBACK | • touchback n. (American football) The result of a play (usually a kickoff or punt) in which the ball passes out the… • TOUCHBACK n. a play in which the ball is dead on or behind a team's own goal line, having been put across the line by an opponent but actually put down by a member of that team. |