| 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. |
| BACKPEDALLING | • backpedalling v. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain) present participle of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| FRANKPLEDGE | • frankpledge n. (Law, historical) A form of collective suretyship and punishment under English law among the members of a tithing. • frankpledge n. Any group so similarly answerable for the conduct of all its members and liable for collective punishment. • frankpledge n. (Law, historical) A decener: a member of a tithing bound in frankpledge. |
| FRANKPLEDGES | • frankpledges n. Plural of frankpledge. • frank-pledges n. Plural of frank-pledge. • FRANKPLEDGE n. a system of sureties under Old English law by which each adult member of a tithing was held responsible for the good conduct of the others. |
| MISPACKAGED | • mispackaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of mispackage. • MISPACKAGE v. to package incorrectly. |
| MUCKSPREADING | • MUCKSPREAD v. to spread manure on fields. |
| OVERPACKAGED | • overpackaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of overpackage. • OVERPACKAGE v. to package excessively. |
| PACKAGED | • packaged adj. Having been placed in a package. • packaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of package. • PACKAGE v. to put into a container or wrapping. |
| PIGGYBACKED | • piggybacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of piggyback. • piggy-backed v. Simple past tense and past participle of piggy-back. • PIGGYBACK v. to carry someone on one's back, also PICKABACK, PICKAPACK, PICKBACK. |
| PREKINDERGARTEN | • prekindergarten adj. Before kindergarten, or not yet old enough to attend it. • prekindergarten n. (US) The first formal academic learning environment for children, before kindergarten. • PREKINDERGARTEN n. a nursery school. |
| PREPACKAGED | • prepackaged adj. That has been packaged prior to being sold. • prepackaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of prepackage. • pre-packaged adj. Alternative spelling of prepackaged. |
| REPACKAGED | • repackaged v. Simple past tense and past participle of repackage. • REPACKAGE v. to package again. |
| SPARKPLUGGED | • sparkplugged v. Simple past tense and past 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. |
| SPEEDSKATING | • speedskating n. Alternative form of speed skating. • speed␣skating n. The sport of racing around an oval course, on ice skates. • SPEEDSKATING n. the sport of skating for speed. |
| SPEEDSKATINGS | • SPEEDSKATING n. the sport of skating for speed. |