backs (noun)

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• backs and cutters — noun plural : any two main series of fractures that produce jointed rock structure by crossing each other at steep angles used in quarrying …   Useful english dictionary

• Backs — /bæks/ (say baks) plural noun the, the grounds behind the colleges at Cambridge through which the river Cam flows, famous for their beauty …  

• (the) Backs — the Backs [the Backs] noun [pl] the attractive area at the back of some of the colleges of ↑Cambridge University in England, between the colleges and the River Cam …   Useful english dictionary

• beast with two backs — Noun. A man and woman engaged in the act of sexual intercourse. An expression whose usage dates from at least as early as 1604, being mentioned in Shakespeare s Othello. E.g. Your daughter and the Moore are making the beast with two backs 1600s …   English slang and colloquialisms

• wooley backs — noun …   Wiktionary

• beast with two backs — noun two people engaged in sexual intercourse Syn: double backed beast, two backed beast …   Wiktionary

• back-to-back — adjective one after the other (Freq. 1) back to back home runs • Syn: ↑consecutive • Similar to: ↑succeeding * * * back to back «BAK tuh BAK», adjective. 1. placed with backs near or joined: » …   Useful english dictionary

• indian wrestling — noun Usage: usually capitalized I Etymology: indian (II) 2 1. : wrestling in which two wrestlers lie side by side on their backs in reversed position locking their near arms and raising and locking the corresponding legs and attempt to force each …   Useful english dictionary

• chair rail — noun : a wooden molding on a wall around a room to protect the wall from being damaged by the backs of chairs * * * a molding on an interior wall for preventing the backs of chairs from rubbing against plaster. [1835 45] * * * chair rail, a strip …   Useful english dictionary

• chair car — noun a passenger car for day travel; you pay extra fare for individual chairs • Syn: ↑parlor car, ↑parlour car, ↑drawing room car, ↑palace car • Hypernyms: ↑passenger car, ↑coach, ↑carriage …   Useful english dictionary

• cross buck — noun Etymology: cross (III) : an offensive play in football in which a back faking to receive the ball charges into the line of scrimmage diagonally across the path of the ball carrier * * * Football. an offensive play in which two running backs… …   Useful english dictionary