BABUSHKAS | • babushkas n. Plural of babushka. • BABUSHKA n. (Russian) a triangular headscarf tied under the chin. |
BACKBANDS | • backbands n. Plural of backband. • BACKBAND n. the band which passes over the back of a horse and holds up the shafts of a carriage. |
BACKBEATS | • backbeats n. Plural of backbeat. • back␣beats n. Plural of back beat. • BACKBEAT n. one of the normally unstressed beats in a musical bar, used as a secondary syncopated beat. |
BACKBOARD | • backboard n. (Basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached. • backboard n. (Tennis) A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it, designed to practice… • backboard n. (Medicine) A spine board. |
BACKSTABS | • backstabs v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backstab. • BACKSTAB v. to stab in the back. |
BAKEBOARD | • bakeboard n. (Now rare) A board upon which dough is prepared (kneaded, etc) while making bread. • BAKEBOARD n. (Scots) a board for kneading dough on. |
BANDBRAKE | • BANDBRAKE n. a brake or clutch in the form of a flexible band. |
BAREBACKS | • barebacks v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bareback. • BAREBACK v. to have unprotected sex. |
BARMBRACK | • barmbrack n. An Irish yeasted bread with sultanas and raisins. • barm␣brack n. Alternative form of barmbrack. • BARMBRACK n. (Irish) a currant bun, also BARNBRACK. |
BARNBRACK | • BARNBRACK n. (Irish) a currant bun, also BARMBRACK. |
BLACKBALL | • blackball n. (Countable) A rejection; a vote against admitting someone. • blackball n. (Countable) A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote. • blackball n. (Countable) A kind of large black sweet; a niggerball. |
BLACKBAND | • blackband n. (Mineralogy) An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter, valuable as an iron ore. • BLACKBAND n. iron ore containing enough coal to calcine it. |
BREAKABLE | • breakable adj. Able to break or be broken. • breakable adj. Fragile. • breakable n. Something that is (easily) breakable. |
BREAKBACK | • breakback adj. Synonym of backbreaking (“of work, very physically tiring”). • break␣back v. (Tennis, of a receiver) To win a game having lost a service game, or during a tiebreak, to win a point… • BREAKBACK adj. crushing. |
BREAKBEAT | • breakbeat n. (Music, countable) A form of syncopated rhythm prominent in much African music. • breakbeat n. (Music, uncountable) A genre of electronic dance music based on such syncopated rhythms. • BREAKBEAT n. in house music, a short sample of drum beats taken from old soul or jazz records. |
KABABBING | • KABAB v. to cook on a skewer, also CABOB, KABOB, KEBAB, KEBOB. |
KABBALAHS | • Kabbalahs n. Plural of Kabbalah. • KABBALAH n. (Hebrew) a Jewish doctrine based on hidden meanings in sacred texts, also CABALA, CABBALA, CABBALAH, KABALA, KABBALA, QABALA, QABALAH. |
KABBALISM | • kabbalism n. The study of the Kabbalah. • KABBALISM n. the secret science of the cabalists, also CABALISM, CABBALISM, KABALISM, QABALISM. |
KABBALIST | • kabbalist n. One who studies the Kabbalah. • KABBALIST n. one who practises kabbalism, also CABALIST, CABBALIST, KABALIST, QABALIST. |