BACKBLOCKER | • BACKBLOCKER n. one who lives in the backblocks. |
BACKCHANNEL | • backchannel v. To employ a back channel. • backchannel v. (Linguistics) To employ non-verbal (oral and visual) means to influence a speaker without interruption. • backchannel n. Alternative form of back channel. |
BLACKJACKED | • blackjacked v. Simple past tense and past participle of blackjack. • BLACKJACK v. to hit with a blackjack. |
BLOCKCHAINS | • blockchains n. Plural of blockchain. • block␣chains n. Plural of block chain. • BLOCKCHAIN n. a system in which records of transactions using bitcoins are stored and may be accessed by linked computers. |
BREECHBLOCK | • breechblock n. (Firearms) The metal block that closes the breech of a breech-loading gun after insertion of the cartridge. • BREECHBLOCK n. part of a gun. |
CACKLEBERRY | • cackleberry n. (Dated, slang) A chicken’s egg. • CACKLEBERRY n. (slang) an egg. |
CHOCKABLOCK | • chockablock adj. (Nautical, of a ship’s hoisting tackle) Having the blocks drawn close together so no further movement… • chockablock adj. (By extension) Jammed tightly together, jam-packed; very crowded; completely filled or stuffed. • chockablock adv. In a crowded manner; as completely or closely as possible. |
COCKBILLING | • cockbilling v. Present participle of cockbill. • COCKBILL v. to raise the yardarm on a ship. |
COCKLEBOATS | • cockleboats n. Plural of cockleboat. • COCKLEBOAT n. a small boat, esp. one used on rivers, also COCKBOAT. |
CRAMBOCLINK | • crambo-clink n. (Scotland, archaic) Bad poetry; doggerel. • CRAMBOCLINK n. (Scots) rhyming doggerel. |
STICKLEBACK | • stickleback n. Any one of numerous species of small fish of the family Gasterosteidae. The back is armed with two or… • STICKLEBACK n. a freshwater fish with a spiny back. |
UNCHECKABLE | • uncheckable adj. Incapable of being checked or verified. • uncheckable adj. Incapable of being checked or restrained. • UNCHECKABLE adj. that cannot be checked. |