back
- noun
- /bæk/
- This guy had a tattoo on his back of Angel wings.
- back pain
- front and back
- lower back
This guy had a tattoo on his back of Angel wings.
- This guy had a tattoo on his back of Angel wings.
- And Isaac was bite the back of your hand, handsome.
- So it could be chest, back, you know, glutes, legs.
- He flings it around his back over to Hotshot.
- The skin on the back of the head is relaxed.
- Something burns at the back of Shafa's skull.
- He got his guitar on his back and he just left.
- Most people aren't thinking about their back unless they have pain.
- So here in the back, here in the front.
Examples
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The hairs on the back of my neck, okay, sizzling.
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I got into the back of the car.
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Why would you want your back to look so long?
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So First off, the back of this feels so good.
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So the big one goes on my back, obviously.
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The body lay on its back.
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One day he walked up to the back door for a visit with Pop.
Academic text (1999) -
And let's just say my back was a little bit painful.
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I've got some clothes in the back room.
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The doctor examined the rash on the back of the patient.
Synonyms
The back part of something, like a car or building
The rear side of something like a building or card
The rear part of something opposite the front
The top surface of an animal or body part that faces up
The back part of something, often a car or building, and the final stage of a project
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
A time in the past people remember with warm feelings, often when they were young
Know a place or thing very well because you have seen it many times
- Informal
Start again from the beginning when a plan or idea fails
- Informal
To try again after a failure, especially when you feel afraid
- Informal
To start doing your normal work and activities after a break
- Informal
In a situation with very few choices where you must try hard to survive or win
A style that looks formal at the front and casual at the back
- Informal
So generous that they would give almost everything to help others
Try to make things the way they were after they changed
- Informal
To notice things happening behind you without turning around
- Archaic
A future problem someone creates for themselves that causes trouble later
Treat someone in the same bad way they treated you
Compounds
- Jargon
A player in American football who runs with the ball to gain yards for the team
A promise from a seller to give back the full price if you are not satisfied
- Specialized
The part of a program that runs on a server and stores and processes data
- Specialized
A device you wear around your back to support it and help you sit or stand straight
- Specialized
A piece of code given to another function to run later when an action finishes
- Jargon
An official in American football who stands deep behind defenders to watch the play and enforce rules
- Specialized
Sections at the end of a book that give extra information like appendices and an index
- Specialized
A strong flow of hot gas pushed back from a fired weapon that can injure people behind it
- Specialized
A direction directly opposite the one you found that you use to check your position
- Specialized
A gymnastics move where a person lies on their back, arches their back and brings their feet to their head
- UK
A less-used hallway at the back of a building that people use for private or service access
- Specialized
A martial arts position with the back leg bent and the front leg straight for balance and quick movement
- Specialized
A vowel you make with the tongue near the back of the mouth, like the 'o' in pole
How Forward
Surface Forms
Etymology
Back comes from the old English word bæc meaning 'rear', so the back of a person or object is the rear part opposite the front.