| BACKBITING | • backbiting n. The action of slandering a person without that person’s knowledge. • backbiting adj. Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person’s knowledge. • backbiting v. Present participle of backbite. |
| BACKBITINGS | • backbitings n. Plural of backbiting. • BACKBITING n. malicious gossip. |
| BACKBREAKING | • backbreaking adj. (Figuratively) Of work, very physically tiring. • back-breaking adj. Alternative form of backbreaking. • BACKBREAKING adj. exhausting. |
| BACKBURNING | • backburning v. Present participle of backburn. • BACKBURN v. to set a fire in order to halt the spread of another fire. |
| BACKCOMBING | • backcombing v. Present participle of backcomb. • back-combing v. Present participle of back-comb. • BACKCOMB v. to comb back e.g. the hair. |
| BACKSTABBING | • backstabbing v. Present participle of backstab. • backstabbing n. The act of one who backstabs. • back-stabbing adj. Alternative spelling of backstabbing. |
| BACKSTABBINGS | • backstabbings n. Plural of backstabbing. • BACKSTABBING n. the act of stabbing someone in the back. |
| 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. |
| BAREBACKINGS | • BAREBACKING n. the act of practising unprotected sex. |
| BLACKBALLING | • blackballing v. Present participle of blackball. • blackballing n. An instance, or action, of a person being blackballed. • BLACKBALLING n. the act of voting against someone becoming member of a club. |
| BLACKBALLINGS | • blackballings n. Plural of blackballing. • BLACKBALLING n. the act of voting against someone becoming member of a club. |
| BLACKBERRYING | • blackberrying n. The act of gathering blackberries. • blackberrying v. Present participle of blackberry. • BlackBerrying v. Present participle of BlackBerry. |
| BLACKBERRYINGS | • BLACKBERRYING n. the act of collecting blackberries. |
| BLACKBIRDING | • blackbirding n. (UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour. • blackbirding v. Present participle of blackbird. • BLACKBIRDING n. trafficking in slaves. |
| BLACKBIRDINGS | • BLACKBIRDING n. trafficking in slaves. |
| BLOCKBUSTING | • blockbusting n. (US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood… • blockbusting adj. Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful. • BLOCKBUSTING n. the act of bringing about the sale of property in an area by stirring up fears of racial change. |
| BLOCKBUSTINGS | • BLOCKBUSTING n. the act of bringing about the sale of property in an area by stirring up fears of racial change. |
| RUBBERNECKING | • rubbernecking n. The act of slowing down whilst driving a vehicle, in order to see the scene of an accident. • rubbernecking n. Generally, any act of observation in a manner considered unduly overt or otherwise unseemly. • rubbernecking v. Present participle of rubberneck. |
| STOCKJOBBING | • stockjobbing n. (Trading, dated) Making markets in equity securities; dealing in stocks and shares. • STOCKJOBBING n. a list of stocks and current prices regularly issued. |
| STOCKJOBBINGS | • stockjobbings n. Plural of stockjobbing. • STOCKJOBBING n. a list of stocks and current prices regularly issued. |