| BACKBIT | • backbit v. Simple past tense and past participle of backbite. • back-bit v. Simple past tense of back-bite. • BACKBITE v. to speak ill of. |
| BACKBITE | • backbite v. To make spiteful slanderous or defamatory statements about someone. • backbite v. (Informal) To attack from behind or when out of earshot with spiteful or defamatory remarks. • backbite v. To speak badly of an absent individual. |
| BACKBITER | • backbiter n. A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person’s back: that is, out of… • back␣biter n. Alternative form of backbiter. • BACKBITER n. one who engages in malicious gossip. |
| BACKBITES | • backbites v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite. • backbites n. Plural of backbite. • back-bites v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of back-bite. |
| BLACKBIRD | • blackbird n. A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere. • blackbird n. A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird). • blackbird n. (Slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands. |
| BACKBITERS | • backbiters n. Plural of backbiter. • back␣biters n. Plural of back biter, an alternative form of backbiter. • BACKBITER n. one who engages in malicious gossip. |
| BACKBITING | • backbiting n. The action of slandering a person without that person’s knowledge. • backbiting adj. Slanderous or speaking badly, especially of a person without that person’s knowledge. • backbiting v. Present participle of backbite. |
| BACKBITTEN | • backbitten v. Past participle of backbite. • back-bitten v. Past participle of back-bite. • BACKBITE v. to speak ill of. |
| BLACKBIRDS | • blackbirds n. Plural of blackbird. • blackbirds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird. • BLACKBIRD v. to traffic in slaves. |
| BACKBITINGS | • backbitings n. Plural of backbiting. • BACKBITING n. malicious gossip. |
| BLACKBIRDED | • blackbirded v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackbird. • BLACKBIRD v. to traffic in slaves. |
| BLACKBIRDER | • blackbirder n. A person involved in blackbirding (kidnapping Pacific islanders as cheap labour). • blackbirder n. A ship used for blackbirding. • 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. |
| 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. |
| BLACKBIRDING | • blackbirding n. (UK, Australia) The practice of kidnapping Pacific Islanders, or kanakas, for sale as cheap labour. • blackbirding v. Present participle of blackbird. • BLACKBIRDING n. trafficking in slaves. |
| BLACKBIRDINGS | • BLACKBIRDING n. trafficking in slaves. |