| BACKFLIPPED | • backflipped v. Simple past tense and past participle of backflip. • BACKFLIP v. to perform a backward somersault. |
| BACKPADDLE | • backpaddle v. To paddle backwards. |
| BACKPADDLED | • backpaddled v. Simple past tense and past participle of backpaddle. |
| BACKPADDLES | • backpaddles v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpaddle. |
| BACKPADDLING | • backpaddling v. Present participle of backpaddle. |
| BACKPEDAL | • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To pedal backwards on a bicycle. • backpedal v. (Intransitive) To step backwards. • backpedal v. (Intransitive, idiomatic) To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea. |
| BACKPEDALED | • backpedaled v. (US) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| 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. |
| BACKPEDALLED | • backpedalled v. (British spelling) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACKPEDALLING | • backpedalling v. (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain) present participle of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACKPEDALS | • backpedals v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACKSLAPPED | • backslapped v. Simple past tense and past participle of backslap. • BACKSLAP v. to show approval. |
| BESPECKLED | • bespeckled v. Simple past tense and past participle of bespeckle. • BESPECKLE v. to mark with speckles or spots. |
| BLACKDAMP | • blackdamp n. Choke damp. • BLACKDAMP n. air that is low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide as a result of an explosion in a mine. |
| BLACKDAMPS | • blackdamps n. Plural of blackdamp. • BLACKDAMP n. air that is low in oxygen and high in carbon dioxide as a result of an explosion in a mine. |
| BLACKTOPPED | • blacktopped v. Simple past tense and past participle of blacktop. • black-topped v. Simple past tense and past participle of black-top. • black-topped adj. Having a top that is black. |
| LAMPBLACKED | • lampblacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of lampblack. • LAMPBLACK v. to blacken with lampblack. |
| PARBUCKLED | • parbuckled v. Simple past tense and past participle of parbuckle. • PARBUCKLE v. to raise or lower (a cask, gun, etc.) with a parbuckle, a sling made by wrapping both ends of rope around object. |