| BUYBACK | • buyback n. The repurchase of something previously sold, especially of stock by the company that issued it. • buyback n. A government purchase scheme intended to achieve a specific goal such as habitat protection or a reduction… • buyback n. (Countable) A free drink given to a patron by a bartender. |
| CUTBACK | • cutback n. A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service. • cutback n. (Surfing) Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking. • cutback n. (Roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings. |
| DIEBACK | • dieback n. (Phytopathology) The browning and death of a plant shoot starting at the tip, due to either disease… • die␣back v. (Of a plant) To wither, particularly during the winter. • DIEBACK n. a gradual dying of plant shoots. |
| FATBACK | • fatback n. (US) A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard. • fatback n. A fish, the menhaden. • FATBACK n. a dried strip of fat from the back of a hog. |
| FINBACK | • finback n. A large baleen whale, Balaenoptera physalus, that has a ridge on its back; the fin whale. • FINBACK n. a type of whale characterized by a prominent fin on the back, aka rorqual, also FINFISH, FINNER. |
| FLYBACK | • flyback n. The movement of the electron beam back to its initial position between scan lines in a cathode-ray tube display. • flyback n. A special kind of electrical transformer, originally designed to generate high-voltage sawtooth signals… • fly-back n. Alternative form of flyback. |
| HOGBACK | • hogback n. (Geology) A sharp steep-sided ridge formed by the erosion of tilting strata. • hogback n. A hogframe. • hogback n. A Viking grave marker taking the form of a recumbent monument, generally with a curved (hogbacked) ridge… |
| LAYBACK | • layback n. (Figure skating) A spin in which the head and shoulders are dropped backwards and the back arched downwards… • layback n. (Climbing) A maneuver to scale a vertical crack, by pulling with the arms and jamming the legs underneath… • layback n. (Surfing) A surf maneuver where the upright surfer leans back against the wave. |
| OUTBACK | • outback n. (Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops. • outback adj. Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas. • outback adv. To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia. |
| PAYBACK | • payback n. (Uncountable) An act of revenge. • payback n. (Countable) A benefit, reward, a form of recompense. • payback n. A return on investment. |
| REDBACK | • redback n. (Australia) A venomous spider, Latrodectus hasselti, endemic to Australia. • redback n. (US) A brown and white sandpiper, Calidris alpina, native to the Northern Hemisphere; the dunlin. • redback n. (Slang) the yuan (CNY), the currency of the People’s Republic of China (Red Chinese money). |
| RUNBACK | • runback n. (American football) The act of returning a kicked ball, such as from a punt or kickoff. • runback n. A managed reduction of output in a power plant. • run␣back v. To take someone home by car; to give someone a lift to their house. |
| SETBACK | • setback n. An obstacle, delay, disadvantage, blow (an adverse event which retards or prevents progress towards… • setback n. (US) The required distance between a structure and a road. • setback n. (Architecture) A step-like recession in a wall. |
| SOWBACK | • sowback n. A low ridge of sand. • SOWBACK n. an eroded, steeply tilted ridge of resistant rocks with equal slopes on the sides, also HOGBACK. |
| SUNBACK | • sunback n. The low-cut back of a woman’s dress. • SUNBACK adj. cut low to expose the back to sunlight. |
| TIEBACK | • tieback n. A loop of cloth, cord, etc., which is placed around a curtain to hold it open to one side. • tieback n. (Journalism) A newspaper rewrite or short synopsis of the information presented in the original story… • tie␣back v. To tie or fasten behind. |
| TOMBACK | • tomback n. Archaic form of tombak. • TOMBACK n. (Malay) an alloy of copper and zinc, also TOMBAC, TAMBAC, TAMBAK, TOMBAK. |
| WAYBACK | • wayback n. (Dated, informal) An area in the body of a car behind the rear seat, such as the back of a station wagon… • wayback n. A very remote time or place. • wayback n. An uneducated person from a remote area. |