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| backspace |
to move a typewriter carriage or computer cursor back one or more spaces by pressing a certain key. [1/2 definitions] |
| backstroke |
a stroke made with the back of the hand outward, as in tennis. [2/3 definitions] |
| backswing |
in sports, the first part of the swing of a bat, club, racket, or the like, in which it is swung toward the player's back in preparation for the forward swing. |
| back-to-back |
having the back sides adjoining so that the front sides are facing outward. [1/2 definitions] |
| backtrack |
to go back to an earlier opinion or policy. [1/2 definitions] |
| backward |
in the direction of or to the rear or back. [3/8 definitions] |
| bacon |
a fatty, smoked, and salted form of pork, taken from the back and side of the pig. |
| badminton |
a sport in which players use light, long-handled rackets to propel a shuttlecock back and forth across a high net. |
| bandy |
to exchange or pass back and forth between two or more people, often competitively. [2/4 definitions] |
| bareback |
on the back of a horse, donkey, or the like, without a saddle. |
| base line |
the line at either end of a tennis court that marks the back boundary. [1/3 definitions] |
| behind |
in or at the back of; on the other side of. [2/10 definitions] |
| bench |
a seat, often without a back, that is long enough for two or more people. [1/6 definitions] |
| bend |
to lean one's upper body, esp. from the waist (often fol. by over, forward, or back). [1/10 definitions] |
| berm |
a level ledge or strip at the top, bottom, or side of a slope, or along the back of a beach. [1/3 definitions] |
| blackbuck |
a long-horned antelope native to India that has a brownish-black back and a white belly. |
| blade |
either of two large flat triangular bones forming the back parts of the shoulders; shoulder blades. [1/6 definitions] |
| blench1 |
to flinch or draw back in fear; quail. |
| blow-by |
a device attached to the crankcase that carries such gases back to the cylinders for combustion. [1/2 definitions] |
| blow (someone) a kiss |
to kiss the palm of one's hand or the back of one's fingers and then blow over the palm toward (someone), symbolically giving that person a kiss. |
| blue whale |
the largest whale, as much as one hundred feet long, with a bluish gray back, yellow undersides, and grooves running lengthwise on the throat and abdomen. |
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