| BACKBLOCK | • backblock n. (Australia, New Zealand, usually in the plural) A residential area remote from major cities and lacking… • BACKBLOCK adj. (Australian) of the backblocks, remote, sparsely populated country. |
| BACKBLOCKER | • BACKBLOCKER n. one who lives in the backblocks. |
| BACKBLOCKERS | • BACKBLOCKER n. one who lives in the backblocks. |
| BACKBLOCKS | • backblocks n. Plural of backblock. • back␣blocks n. (Slang) Remote countryside. • BACKBLOCKS n. (Australian) remote, sparsely populated country. |
| 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. |
| CHECKBOOK | • checkbook n. Alternative form of chequebook. • CHECKBOOK n. (US) a chequebook. |
| CHECKBOOKS | • checkbooks n. Plural of checkbook. • CHECKBOOK n. (US) a chequebook. |
| 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. |
| CROOKBACK | • crookback n. A crooked back, or a person with such a back; a hunchback. • CROOKBACK n. (Shakespeare) a hunchback. |
| CROOKBACKED | • crookbacked adj. Hunchbacked. • CROOKBACKED adj. hunchbacked. |
| CROOKBACKS | • crookbacks n. Plural of crookback. • CROOKBACK n. (Shakespeare) a hunchback. |
| KNICKERBOCKER | • knickerbocker n. (Archaic, used attributively as a modifier) Of or relating to knickerbockers. • knickerbocker n. A linsey-woolsey fabric with a rough knotted surface on the right side, formerly used for women’s dresses. • Knickerbocker n. (Archaic or historical) A New Yorker, particularly a scion of its old Dutch families. |
| KNICKERBOCKERS | • knickerbockers n. Men’s or boys’ baggy knee breeches, of a type particularly popular in the early 20th century. • Knickerbockers n. (Archaic or historical) plural of Knickerbocker; New Yorkers, particularly descendants of its original Dutch settlers. • Knickerbockers n. (Basketball, uncommon) The formal name of the New York Knicks, a team in the National Basketball Association. |
| KNOCKBACK | • knockback n. A blow that causes the recipient to fall or move backwards, a knock back; a recoil. • knockback n. Something that impedes or reverses progress; a setback. • knockback n. (UK, Australia, informal) A rejection; a refusal. |
| KNOCKBACKS | • knockbacks n. Plural of knockback. • knock-backs n. Plural of knock-back. • KNOCKBACK n. a refusal, a setback. |