| 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. |
| BACKBENCHES | • backbenches n. Plural of backbench. • back-benches n. Plural of back-bench. • back␣benches n. Plural of back bench. |
| BACKCHANNEL | • backchannel v. To employ a back channel. • backchannel v. (Linguistics) To employ non-verbal (oral and visual) means to influence a speaker without interruption. • backchannel n. Alternative form of back channel. |
| BACKCHATTED | • backchatted v. Simple past tense and past participle of backchat. • back-chatted v. Simple past tense and past participle of back-chat. • back␣chatted v. Simple past tense and past participle of back chat. |
| BACKCHECKED | • backchecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of backcheck. • BACKCHECK v. in ice hockey, to return from attack to defence. |
| BACKFISCHES | • backfisches n. Plural of backfisch. • BACKFISCH n. (German) a young girl, a flapper. |
| BACKSTRETCH | • backstretch n. (Athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running… • backstretch n. (Horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees. • backstretch n. (Figuratively) The middle part of an event. |
| BODYCHECKED | • bodychecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of bodycheck. • body-checked v. Simple past tense and past participle of body-check. • body␣checked v. Simple past tense and past participle of body check. |
| 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. |
| CHARGEBACKS | • chargebacks n. Plural of chargeback. • 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. |
| HUNCHBACKED | • hunchbacked adj. Having an abnormally curved or hunched back. • HUNCHBACKED adj. having a hunchback. |
| UNCHECKABLE | • uncheckable adj. Incapable of being checked or verified. • uncheckable adj. Incapable of being checked or restrained. • UNCHECKABLE adj. that cannot be checked. |