| BACKFIRING | • backfiring v. Present participle of backfire. • backfiring n. A failure that leads to further misfortune. • backfiring n. The occurrence of a backfire. |
| BACKGROUND | • background adj. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system. • background n. One’s social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. • background n. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. |
| BARRACKING | • barracking v. Present participle of barrack. • barracking n. An act of jeering or heckling. • barracking n. (Australia, New Zealand) The act of cheering for or supporting a team. |
| BICKERINGS | • bickerings n. Plural of bickering. • BICKERING n. a petty quarrel. |
| BLACKGUARD | • blackguard n. The lowest servant in a household charged with pots, pans, and other kitchen equipment. • blackguard n. (Old-fashioned, usually used only of men) A scoundrel; an unprincipled contemptible person; an untrustworthy person. • blackguard n. (Archaic) A man who uses foul language in front of a woman, typically a woman of high standing in society. |
| BRACKETING | • bracketing v. Present participle of bracket. • bracketing n. (Architecture) A series or group of brackets; brackets, collectively. • bracketing n. The act of enclosing (Text, etc.) in brackets. |
| BUCKLERING | • bucklering v. Present participle of buckler. • BUCKLER v. (Shakespeare) to protect, shield. |
| BUCKRAMING | • buckraming v. Present participle of buckram. • BUCKRAM v. to pad or stiffen with buckram. |
| CHARGEBACK | • chargeback n. (Banking) A reversal of an accounting entry, especially of a disputed credit-card transaction. • CHARGEBACK n. the charge a credit card merchant pays to a customer after the customer successfully disputes an item on his or her credit card statement. |
| FABRICKING | • fabricking v. Present participle of fabric. • FABRICKING n. the act of fashioning. |
| GOLDBRICKS | • goldbricks n. Plural of goldbrick. • goldbricks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goldbrick. • gold-bricks n. Plural of gold-brick. |
| GREENBACKS | • greenbacks n. Plural of greenback. • GREENBACK n. a monetary note issued by the US Government; generically. the US dollar. |
| PRONGBUCKS | • prongbucks n. Plural of prongbuck. • PRONGBUCK n. the springbuck. |
| RIDGEBACKS | • ridgebacks n. Plural of ridgeback. • RIDGEBACK n. a large hunting-dog. |
| ROUGHBACKS | • ROUGHBACK n. a rough-skinned flatfish. |
| SPRINGBUCK | • springbuck n. Alternative form of springbok. • SPRINGBUCK n. a South African antelope, that moves in leaps when alarmed, also SPRINGBOK. |
| TUCKERBAGS | • tuckerbags n. Plural of tuckerbag. • TUCKERBAG n. a bag used to carry food in the bush or by jolly swagmen. |