| BACKCHECK | • backcheck v. (Transitive, ice hockey) To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one’s own goal. • backcheck v. (Intransitive, ice hockey) To engage in checking while skating toward or near one’s own goal. • backcheck v. (Quality control) To check someone else’s work after they have completed it, in a backward-looking type… |
| BACKCHECKED | • backchecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of backcheck. • BACKCHECK v. in ice hockey, to return from attack to defence. |
| BACKCHECKING | • backchecking v. Present participle of backcheck. • BACKCHECK v. in ice hockey, to return from attack to defence. |
| BACKCHECKS | • backchecks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backcheck. • BACKCHECK v. in ice hockey, to return from attack to defence. |
| BACKSCRATCH | • backscratch n. A scratch on the back. • backscratch v. To scratch one’s or another’s back. • backscratch v. (Business, politics, slang) To engage in a reciprocal action. |
| BACKSCRATCHED | • backscratched v. Simple past tense and past participle of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCH v. to scratch the back; (figurative) to do favours in return for favours, to engage in servile flattery. |
| BACKSCRATCHER | • backscratcher n. A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed… • back␣scratcher n. Alternative spelling of backscratcher. • BACKSCRATCHER n. a person who practises backscratching. |
| BACKSCRATCHERS | • backscratchers n. Plural of backscratcher. • back␣scratchers n. Plural of back scratcher. • BACKSCRATCHER n. a person who practises backscratching. |
| BACKSCRATCHES | • backscratches n. Plural of backscratch. • backscratches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCH v. to scratch the back; (figurative) to do favours in return for favours, to engage in servile flattery. |
| BACKSCRATCHING | • backscratching v. Present participle of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCHING n. the act of scratching another's back. |
| BACKSCRATCHINGS | • BACKSCRATCHING n. the act of scratching another's back. |
| BLACKCOCK | • blackcock n. The male black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix). • black␣cock n. (Scotland, Wales, Northern England) The black grouse. • black␣cock n. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, cock. |
| BLACKCOCKS | • blackcocks n. Plural of blackcock. • black␣cocks n. Plural of black cock. • BLACKCOCK n. the male of the black grouse. |
| CHOCKABLOCK | • chockablock adj. (Nautical, of a ship’s hoisting tackle) Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement… • chockablock adj. (By extension) Jammed tightly together, jam-packed; very crowded; completely filled or stuffed. • chockablock adv. In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible. |
| COCKSCOMB | • cockscomb n. The fleshy red crest of a rooster. • cockscomb n. A red cap once worn by court jesters. • cockscomb n. A yellow rattle, Rhinanthus minor (flowering plant native to Eurasia). |
| COCKSCOMBS | • cockscombs n. Plural of cockscomb. • COCKSCOMB n. a jester's cap, resembling a cock's comb. |
| CRACKBACK | • crackback n. (American football) A block in which the blocker, positioned wide, blocks back towards where the ball was snapped. • CRACKBACK n. in American football, an illegal block made by an offensive player. |
| CRACKBACKS | • crackbacks n. Plural of crackback. • CRACKBACK n. in American football, an illegal block made by an offensive player. |
| SCRATCHBACK | • scratchback n. (UK, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting… • SCRATCHBACK n. a backscratcher. |
| SCRATCHBACKS | • scratchbacks n. Plural of scratchback. • SCRATCHBACK n. a backscratcher. |