BACKGROUND | • background adj. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system. • background n. One’s social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. • background n. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. |
BACKLOGGED | • backlogged v. Simple past tense and past participle of backlog. • backlogged adj. Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed. • BACKLOG v. to accumulate. |
BLOCKADING | • blockading v. Present participle of blockade. • BLOCKADE v. to block with troops or ships. |
GOBSMACKED | • gobsmacked adj. (Chiefly Britain, Australia, slang) Flabbergasted, astounded, speechless, overawed. • GOBSMACKED adj. (colloquial) taken aback, speechless. |
BACKGROUNDS | • backgrounds n. Plural of background. • backgrounds v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of background. • BACKGROUND v. to provide with background. |
BACKLOADING | • backloading n. (Transport) The transportation of cargo or shipment on a return trip, using the space already paid for… • backloading v. Present participle of backload. • BACKLOAD v. to load a lorry for a return journey. |
BACKDROPPING | • backdropping v. Present participle of backdrop. • BACKDROP v. to create a background for a stage. |
BACKGAMMONED | • backgammoned v. Simple past tense and past participle of backgammon. • BACKGAMMON v. to defeat at the game of backgammon. |
BACKGROUNDED | • backgrounded v. Simple past tense and past participle of background. • backgrounded adj. Moved to the background. • backgrounded adj. (Computing) (of a task) Made non-interactive. |
BACKGROUNDER | • backgrounder n. (Chiefly US) A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives… • backgrounder n. A person employed to draw backgrounds for a comic or cartoon. • backgrounder n. A cattle farmer or rancher who runs a backgrounding operation. |
ROADBLOCKING | • roadblocking v. Present participle of roadblock. • ROADBLOCK v. to bar by means of a roadblock. |
BACKGROUNDERS | • backgrounders n. Plural of backgrounder. • BACKGROUNDER n. an off the record briefing for reporters. |
BACKGROUNDING | • backgrounding v. Present participle of background. • backgrounding n. The act by which something is backgrounded, in any sense. • backgrounding n. An intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot, during which… |
ACKNOWLEDGEABLE | • acknowledgeable adj. Able to be acknowledged. • acknowledgeable adj. Worthy of acknowledgement. • ACKNOWLEDGEABLE adj. capable of being acknowledged. |
ACKNOWLEDGEABLY | • acknowledgeably adj. Such that it can be acknowledged. • ACKNOWLEDGEABLE adv. capable of being acknowledged. |