Words that rhyme with brumback

adv 1: having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback" 2: by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"

adv 1: in or to or toward a former location; "she went back to her parents' house" 2: at or to or toward the back or rear; "he moved back"; "tripped when he stepped backward"; "she looked rearward out the window of the car" [syn: back, backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards] [ant: forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards] 3: in or to or toward an original condition; "he went back to sleep" 4: in or to or toward a past time; "set the clocks back an hour"; "never look back"; "lovers of the past looking fondly backward" [syn: back, backward] [ant: ahead, forward] 5: in reply; "he wrote back three days later" 6: in repayment or retaliation; "we paid back everything we had borrowed"; "he hit me and I hit him back"; "I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher" adj 1: related to or located at the back; "the back yard"; "the back entrance" [ant: front(a)] 2: located at or near the back of an animal; "back (or hind) legs"; "the hinder part of a carcass" [syn: back(a), hind(a), hinder(a)] 3: of an earlier date; "back issues of the magazine" n 1: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned" [syn: back, dorsum] 2: the side that goes last or is not normally seen; "he wrote the date on the back of the photograph" [syn: rear, back] [ant: front] 3: the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer; "he stood at the back of the stage"; "it was hidden in the rear of the store" [syn: back, rear] [ant: front] 4: (football) a person who plays in the backfield 5: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis] 6: the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book; "the book had a leather binding" [syn: binding, book binding, cover, back] 7: the part of a garment that covers the back of your body; "they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back" 8: a support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable" [syn: back, backrest] 9: (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage v 1: be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960" [syn: back, endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support] 2: travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree" 3: give support or one's approval to; "I'll second that motion"; "I can't back this plan"; "endorse a new project" [syn: second, back, endorse, indorse] 4: cause to travel backward; "back the car into the parking spot" [ant: advance, bring forward] 5: support financial backing for; "back this enterprise" 6: be in back of; "My garage backs their yard" [ant: face, front, look] 7: place a bet on; "Which horse are you backing?"; "I'm betting on the new horse" [syn: bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt] 8: shift to a counterclockwise direction; "the wind backed" [ant: veer] 9: establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?" [syn: back, back up] 10: strengthen by providing with a back or backing

n 1: a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter] 2: return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity

n 1: large deadly rattlesnake with diamond-shaped markings [syn: diamondback, diamondback rattlesnake, Crotalus adamanteus]

n 1: (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position 2: (American football) the position of a back on a football team

adj 1: having a hard back or cover; "hardback books" [syn: hardbacked, hardback, hardbound, hardcover] n 1: a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers [syn: hardback, hardcover]

n 1: a car having a hatchback door 2: a sloping rear car door that is lifted to open [syn: hatchback, hatchback door]

n 1: a narrow ridge of hills [syn: hogback, horseback]

adv 1: on the back of a horse; "he rode horseback to town"; "managed to escape ahorse"; "policeman patrolled the streets ahorseback" [syn: horseback, ahorse, ahorseback] n 1: the back of a horse 2: a narrow ridge of hills [syn: hogback, horseback]

n 1: an abnormal backward curve to the vertebral column [syn: kyphosis, humpback, hunchback] 2: a person whose back is hunched because of abnormal curvature of the upper spine [syn: humpback, hunchback, crookback]

n 1: a commercial bribe paid by a seller to a purchasing agent in order to induce the agent to enter into the transaction

n 1: an extremely old-fashioned conservative

adj 1: inaccessible and sparsely populated; [syn: outback(a), remote] n 1: the bush country of the interior of Australia

n 1: the act of reproducing recorded sound; "he was allowed to hear the playback of his testimony" 2: electronic equipment comprising the part of a tape recorder that reproduces the recorded material

n 1: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: pullback, tieback] 2: (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops"

n 1: the act of forcing the enemy to withdraw [syn: rollback, push back] 2: reducing prices back to some earlier level

n 1: an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating [syn: reverse, reversal, setback, blow, black eye]

n 1: (American football) the person who plays tailback 2: (American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage

adj 1: characteristic of an atavist [syn: atavistic, throwback(a)] n 1: an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism [syn: atavist, throwback] 2: a reappearance of an earlier characteristic [syn: atavism, reversion, throwback]

n 1: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: pullback, tieback]

n 1: (American football) a play in which the opposing team has kicked the football into your end zone

n 1: (ethnic slur) offensive term for a person of Mexican descent [syn: greaser, wetback, taco]

n 1: (football) the person who plays wingback 2: (American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end

n 1: a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) [syn: recall, callback]

n 1: financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment) 2: the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life; "Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord"-- Romans 12:19; "For vengeance I would do nothing. This nation is too great to look for mere revenge"--James Garfield; "he swore vengeance on the man who betrayed him"; "the swiftness of divine retribution" [syn: vengeance, retribution, payback]

n 1: slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp [syn: zwieback, rusk, Brussels biscuit, twice-baked bread]