| BACKBENCHER | • backbencher n. (Politics) A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the… • backbencher n. (Education) A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom. • backbencher n. (Sports) A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve. |
| BACKBLOCKER | • BACKBLOCKER n. one who lives in the backblocks. |
| BACKBREAKER | • backbreaker n. A strenuous and exhausting task, typically involving physical effort. • BACKBREAKER n. a strenuous task. |
| BACKBURNING | • backburning v. Present participle of backburn. • BACKBURN v. to set a fire in order to halt the spread of another fire. |
| BACKSTABBER | • backstabber n. A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks… • BACKSTABBER n. one who backstabs. |
| BAREBACKING | • barebacking n. (Jargon) The practice of engaging in intercourse, most often anal, without using a condom. • BAREBACKING n. the act of practising unprotected sex. |
| BLACKBIRDED | • blackbirded v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackbird. • BLACKBIRD v. to traffic in slaves. |
| BLACKBIRDER | • blackbirder n. A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour). • blackbirder n. A ship used for blackbirding. • BLACKBIRDER n. (Australian slang) a person engaged in press-ganging or kidnapping labourers in the south Pacific region for work on the sugar plantations; a slave trader. |
| BLACKBOARDS | • blackboards n. Plural of blackboard. • blackboards v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackboard. • BLACKBOARD n. a hard smooth usually dark surface used esp. in a classroom for writing or drawing on with chalk. |
| BLOCKBOARDS | • blockboards n. Plural of blockboard. • BLOCKBOARD n. plywood board made of veneer enclosing thin strips of wood. |
| BLOCKBUSTER | • blockbuster n. A high-explosive bomb used for the purposes of demolishing extensive areas, such as a city block. • blockbuster n. (Informal) Something, such as a film or book, that sustains exceptional and widespread popularity and… • blockbuster n. (Informal) Something, especially an event or a film, book or other creative work, that is intended to… |
| BREECHBLOCK | • breechblock n. (Firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge. • BREECHBLOCK n. part of a gun. |
| BUCKBRUSHES | • buckbrushes n. Plural of buckbrush. • BUCKBRUSH n. an American shrub. |
| JABBERWOCKS | • JABBERWOCK n. nonsense, gibberish, also JABBERWOCKY. |
| JABBERWOCKY | • jabberwocky n. Invented or meaningless language; nonsense. • jabberwocky adj. Meaningless, worthless. • jabberwocky adj. Absurd, nonsense, nonsensical. |
| JACKRABBITS | • jackrabbits n. Plural of jackrabbit. • jack-rabbits n. Plural of jack-rabbit (alternative form of jackrabbits). • JACKRABBIT n. a long-eared American hare. |
| RUBBERNECKS | • rubbernecks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rubberneck. • RUBBERNECK v. to look curiously at something. |
| STOCKJOBBER | • stockjobber n. (Chiefly Britain, trading) A stock exchange worker who deals only with brokers. • stockjobber n. (Britain, derogatory, trading) An unscrupulous stockbroker. • stock-jobber n. Alternative form of stockjobber. |