| 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. |
| 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. |
| BUCKETINGS | • bucketings n. Plural of bucketing. • BUCKETING n. the act of bucketing. |
| 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. |
| BULLOCKING | • bullocking v. Present participle of bullock. • bullocking adj. (Colloquial) powerful. • BULLOCK v. to force one's way. |
| BUMSUCKING | • bum-sucking n. (Vulgar) Obsequious behaviour. • bum-sucking adj. (Vulgar) Obsequious. • BUMSUCKING n. sycophancy. |
| BUTTOCKING | • buttocking n. The cross-buttock throw in wrestling. • BUTTOCK v. in wrestling, to throw by the buttocks. |
| GUTBUCKETS | • gutbuckets n. Plural of gutbucket. • GUTBUCKET n. a homemade bass fiddle with a single string. |
| PLOUGHBACK | • plough␣back v. To reinvest profits into a business. • PLOUGHBACK n. the reinvestment of profits, also PLOWBACK. |
| PRONGBUCKS | • prongbucks n. Plural of prongbuck. • PRONGBUCK n. the springbuck. |
| 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. |
| UNBLOCKING | • unblocking v. Present participle of unblock. • unblocking n. The process by which something is unblocked. • UNBLOCK v. to free from blockage. |
| UNBUCKLING | • unbuckling v. Present participle of unbuckle. • unbuckling n. The act of unfastening a buckle. • UNBUCKLE v. to undo a buckle. |