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. |
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. |
BACKSCRATCHERS | • backscratchers n. Plural of backscratcher. • back␣scratchers n. Plural of back scratcher. • 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. |
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. |
BACKSTRETCH | • backstretch n. (Athletics, horse racing, car racing) Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running… • backstretch n. (Horse racing) An area next to a racetrack used to stable the racehorses and house employees. • backstretch n. (Figuratively) The middle part of an event. |
BACKSTRETCHES | • backstretches n. Plural of backstretch. • back-stretches n. Plural of back-stretch (alternative form of backstretches). • back␣stretches n. Plural of back stretch (alternative form of backstretches). |
CHICKENHEARTED | • chickenhearted adj. Alternative form of chicken-hearted. • chicken-hearted adj. Not brave; lacking courage; cowardly. • CHICKENHEARTED adj. timid, cowardly. |
PHARMACOKINETIC | • pharmacokinetic adj. (Pharmacology) Of or relating to pharmacokinetics. • PHARMACOKINETIC adj. relating to pharmacokinetics, the study of the way the body deals with drugs. |
SALTCHUCKER | • saltchucker n. (Canada, informal, fishing) Someone who fishes in saltwater. • SALTCHUCKER n. (Canadian) a saltwater angler. |
SALTCHUCKERS | • saltchuckers n. Plural of saltchucker. • SALTCHUCKER n. (Canadian) a saltwater angler. |
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. |
SCRATCHBACKS | • scratchbacks n. Plural of scratchback. • SCRATCHBACK n. a backscratcher. |
WEATHERCOCK | • weathercock n. A weather vane, sometimes in the form of a cockerel. • weathercock n. (Figuratively) One who veers with every change of current opinion; a fickle, inconstant person. • weathercock n. (Chiefly North America) A kind of wind pump whose top behaves like a weather vane, moving with the wind… |
WEATHERCOCKED | • weathercocked v. Simple past tense and past participle of weathercock. • WEATHERCOCK v. to serve as a weathercock for. |
WEATHERCOCKING | • weathercocking v. Present participle of weathercock. • WEATHERCOCK v. to serve as a weathercock for. |
WEATHERCOCKS | • weathercocks n. Plural of weathercock. • weather␣cocks n. Plural of weather cock. • WEATHERCOCK n. a weather vane often in the figure of a cock mounted so as to turn freely with the wind and show its direction. |