| BACKPEDALING | • backpedaling v. (US) present participle of backpedal. • backpedaling n. The act of distancing oneself from a previously supported idea, action, behaviour, etc.; a U-turn or flip-flop. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACKSTITCHED | • backstitched v. Simple past tense and past participle of backstitch. • BACKSTITCH v. to stitch in this way. |
| BACKWOODSIER | • BACKWOODSY adj. uncouth, rustic. |
| BIOFEEDBACKS | • biofeedbacks n. Plural of biofeedback. • BIOFEEDBACK n. a technique for learning control of autonomic body functions in response to monitoring by electronic instruments such as an electrocardiograph. |
| BLACKBERRIED | • blackberried v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackberry. • BlackBerried adj. (Informal) Carrying and/or using a BlackBerry device. • BlackBerried v. Simple past tense and past participle of BlackBerry. |
| BLACKBIRDERS | • blackbirders n. Plural of blackbirder. • 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. |
| BLACKLEADING | • blackleading v. Present participle of blacklead. • BLACKLEAD v. to coat with blacklead. |
| BODYCHECKING | • bodychecking v. Present participle of bodycheck. • body-checking v. Present participle of body-check. • body␣checking v. Present participle of body check. |
| BREAKDANCING | • breakdancing n. (Dance) An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York… • break-dancing n. Alternative spelling of breakdancing. • break-dancing v. Present participle of break-dance. |
| BRICKFIELDER | • brickfielder n. (Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia. • BRICKFIELDER n. a hot dry wind in Australia. |
| CRACKBRAINED | • crackbrained adj. Idiotic. • CRACKBRAINED adj. of or like a crackbrain, a crazy person. |
| DUMBSTRICKEN | • DUMBSTRICKEN adj. made silent by astonishment, also DUMBSTRUCK. |
| STICKYBEAKED | • stickybeaked v. Simple past tense and past participle of stickybeak. • STICKYBEAK v. to pry. |
| SWITCHBACKED | • switchbacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of switchback. • SWITCHBACK v. to follow a zigzag course esp. for ascent or descent. |