BACKCHECK | • backcheck v. (Transitive, ice hockey) To check (an opposing player) while skating toward or near one’s own goal. • backcheck v. (Intransitive, ice hockey) To engage in checking while skating toward or near one’s own goal. • backcheck v. (Quality control) To check someone else’s work after they have completed it, in a backward-looking type… |
BACKCHECKS | • backchecks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backcheck. • BACKCHECK v. in ice hockey, to return from attack to defence. |
BACKCHECKED | • backchecked v. Simple past tense and past participle of backcheck. • BACKCHECK v. in ice hockey, to return from attack to defence. |
BACKSCRATCH | • backscratch n. A scratch on the back. • backscratch v. To scratch one’s or another’s back. • backscratch v. (Business, politics, slang) To engage in a reciprocal action. |
CHOCKABLOCK | • chockablock adj. (Nautical, of a ship’s hoisting tackle) Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement… • chockablock adj. (By extension) Jammed tightly together, jam-packed; very crowded; completely filled or stuffed. • chockablock adv. In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible. |
SCRATCHBACK | • scratchback n. (UK, dated) A toy which imitates the sound of tearing cloth, used by drawing it across the back of unsuspecting… • SCRATCHBACK n. a backscratcher. |
BACKCHECKING | • backchecking v. Present participle of backcheck. • BACKCHECK v. in ice hockey, to return from attack to defence. |
SCRATCHBACKS | • scratchbacks n. Plural of scratchback. • SCRATCHBACK n. a backscratcher. |
BACKSCRATCHED | • backscratched v. Simple past tense and past participle of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCH v. to scratch the back; (figurative) to do favours in return for favours, to engage in servile flattery. |
BACKSCRATCHER | • backscratcher n. A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed… • back␣scratcher n. Alternative spelling of backscratcher. • BACKSCRATCHER n. a person who practises backscratching. |
BACKSCRATCHES | • backscratches n. Plural of backscratch. • backscratches v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCH v. to scratch the back; (figurative) to do favours in return for favours, to engage in servile flattery. |
BACKSCRATCHERS | • backscratchers n. Plural of backscratcher. • back␣scratchers n. Plural of back scratcher. • BACKSCRATCHER n. a person who practises backscratching. |
BACKSCRATCHING | • backscratching v. Present participle of backscratch. • BACKSCRATCHING n. the act of scratching another's back. |
BACKSCRATCHINGS | • BACKSCRATCHING n. the act of scratching another's back. |