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. |
BILLSTICKERS | • billstickers n. Plural of billsticker. • bill␣stickers n. Plural of bill sticker. • BILLSTICKER n. one who sticks up bills, also BILLPOSTER. |
BLACKBERRIED | • blackberried v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackberry. • BlackBerried adj. (Informal) Carrying and/or using a BlackBerry device. • BlackBerried v. Simple past tense and past participle of BlackBerry. |
BLACKBERRIES | • blackberries n. Plural of blackberry. • blackberries v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackberry. • BlackBerries v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of BlackBerry. |
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. |
BLACKLEADING | • blackleading v. Present participle of blacklead. • BLACKLEAD v. to coat with blacklead. |
BLACKLEGGING | • blacklegging n. The practice of working in place of those who are engaged in a strike. • blacklegging v. Present participle of blackleg. • BLACKLEG v. to work even though a strike has been declared. |
BLACKLISTERS | • blacklisters n. Plural of blacklister. • BLACKLISTER n. one who blacklists. |
BLACKMAILERS | • blackmailers n. Plural of blackmailer. • BLACKMAILER n. one who commits blackmail. |
BLOCKINESSES | • BLOCKINESS n. the state of being blocky, block-like. |
BLOCKISHNESS | • blockishness n. The state or quality of being blockish. • BLOCKISHNESS n. the state of being blockish. |
BLUEJACKINGS | • bluejackings n. Plural of bluejacking. • BLUEJACKING n. the sending of unsolicited messages over Bluetooth to Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mobile phones. |
BLUESTOCKING | • bluestocking n. (Usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman. • bluestocking n. (Historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society. • bluestocking n. (Historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament. |
BRICKFIELDER | • brickfielder n. (Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia. • BRICKFIELDER n. a hot dry wind in Australia. |
COCKABULLIES | • cockabullies n. Plural of cockabully. • COCKABULLY n. (Maori) any of various small freshwater fishes of New Zealand. |
LINEBACKINGS | • LINEBACKING n. playing as a linebacker. |
PICKELHAUBES | • pickelhaubes n. Plural of pickelhaube. • PICKELHAUBE n. (German) the spiked helmet worn by German or Prussian soldiers before World War I. |
ROCKABILLIES | • rockabillies n. Plural of rockabilly. • ROCKABILLY n. a form of rock-and-roll music with elements of hillbilly. |
STICKLEBACKS | • sticklebacks n. Plural of stickleback. • STICKLEBACK n. a freshwater fish with a spiny back. |
SWIVELBLOCKS | • SWIVELBLOCK n. a block on which a swivel is mounted. |