English Explanatory Dictionary

backsie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The back.
  2. The act of taking back or going back on a statement, promise, or agreement.
  3. A reciprocal action or consequence, such as immediately tagging the player who has tagged one in a game of tag.
  4. The act of going through a sequence of moves in reverse.
  5. The act of joining a queue behind a friend rather than at the end of the queue.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-backsie.wav

Word forms

backsie backsies backsy

Etymology

From back + -sie.

Synonyms

takesies-backsies

Translations

Spanish: retractación Spanish: palinodia Spanish: recantación Spanish: retracto Spanish: retroventa
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