BACKCASTING | • backcasting v. Present participle of backcast. • BACKCAST v. to make a backward cast in fishing. |
BACKCOMBING | • backcombing v. Present participle of backcomb. • back-combing v. Present participle of back-comb. • BACKCOMB v. to comb back e.g. the hair. |
BACKPACKING | • backpacking v. Present participle of backpack. • backpacking n. Hiking and camping overnight in backcountry with one’s gear carried in a backpack. • backpacking n. Low-cost, generally urban, travel with minimal luggage and frugal accommodations. |
BACKSPACING | • backspacing v. Present participle of backspace. • BACKSPACE v. to move the cursor of a computer or the carriage of a typewriter one or more spaces back by means of a particular key. |
BLOCKCHAINS | • blockchains n. Plural of blockchain. • block␣chains n. Plural of block chain. • BLOCKCHAIN n. a system in which records of transactions using bitcoins are stored and may be accessed by linked computers. |
CANDLESTICK | • candlestick n. A holder with a socket or spike for a candle. • candlestick n. (Gymnastics) A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward. • candlestick n. (Finance) A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart. |
CANDLEWICKS | • candlewicks n. Plural of candlewick. • CANDLEWICK n. a soft cotton tufted material. |
CARJACKINGS | • carjackings n. Plural of carjacking. • car-jackings n. Plural of car-jacking. • car␣jackings n. Plural of car jacking. |
CARSICKNESS | • carsickness n. Motion sickness caused by riding in a motor car. • carsickness n. (Dated) Motion sickness caused by riding in a railway carriage. • car␣sickness n. Alternative spelling of carsickness. |
CHECKMATING | • checkmating v. Present participle of checkmate. • CHECKMATE v. in chess, to put (a player's king) in checkmate; to defeat or render incapable of counterattack. |
COCKSWAINED | • COCKSWAIN v. to take charge of a boat and crew, also COXSWAIN. |
COCKTAILING | • cocktailing n. Work as a cocktail waitress. • COCKTAIL v. to dock a horse's tail. |
CRACKBRAINS | • crackbrains n. Plural of crackbrain. • CRACKBRAIN n. a crazy person. |
CRACKLINGLY | • cracklingly adv. With a crackling sound. |
CRAMBOCLINK | • crambo-clink n. (Scotland, archaic) Bad poetry; doggerel. • CRAMBOCLINK n. (Scots) rhyming doggerel. |
KNICKKNACKS | • knickknacks n. Plural of knickknack. • knick-knacks n. Plural of knick-knack. • KNICKKNACK n. a small ornament, a gewgaw, also NICKNACK. |
NECKLACINGS | • necklacings n. Plural of necklacing. • NECKLACING n. (South African) the punishment of having a petrol-soaked tyre placed round the neck or shoulders and set alight, traditionally used by black people on those thought to be government sympathizers. |
PICKBACKING | • PICKBACK v. to carry someone on one's back, also PICKABACK, PICKAPACK, PIGGYBACK. |
PRACTICKING | • PRACTIC v. (archaic) to put (a theory, idea, etc.) into practice, also PRACTICK. |
TICKTACKING | • TICKTACK v. to use arm signals for bookmaker information, also TICTAC, TICTOC, TICKTOCK. |