| CHICKPEA | • chickpea n. An annual Asian plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in… • chickpea n. A seed of this plant, often used as a food. • chick-pea n. Alternative spelling of chickpea. |
| 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. |
| CHICKPEAS | • chickpeas n. Plural of chickpea. • chick-peas n. Plural of chick-pea (alternative form of chickpeas). • chick␣peas n. Plural of chick pea. |
| LICKPENNY | • lickpenny n. (Obsolete) Something that devours or absorbs lots of money; something expensive. • lickpenny n. A miserly person. • lickpenny adj. (Obsolete) Expensive. |
| LUCKPENNY | • luck␣penny n. (Archaic) A small sum of money given back for luck when paying. • luck␣penny n. A coin carried or given for luck. • LUCKPENNY n. a coin kept for luck. |
| BACKPEDALS | • backpedals v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| BACKPEDALED | • backpedaled v. (US) simple past tense and past participle of backpedal. • BACKPEDAL v. to pedal backwards. |
| LICKPENNIES | • lickpennies n. Plural of lickpenny. • LICKPENNY n. an absorber or devourer of money. |
| LUCKPENNIES | • luck␣pennies n. Plural of luck penny. • LUCKPENNY n. a coin kept for luck. |
| 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. |