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backheelnoun(soccer) A kick played by the heel which typically travels in the opposite direction from which the player is facing.
backcastnounA cast or throw back.
back divenoun(diving) A backwards dive
fallnounThe act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
backbendnoun(gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
backflopnounA diving error that results in the diver's back making an impact on the surface of the water.
leg dropnounAn attack in professional wrestling in which the wrestler jumps and lands his or her leg across a fallen opponent.
sprawlnounA straggling, haphazard growth, especially of housing on the edge of a city.
dropbacknounAlternative spelling of drop-back. [(American football) The act by a player in the backfield of dropping back from the line of scrimmage after the hike of the ball.]
kickbacknoun(countable, informal) A covert, often illegal, payment in return for a favor consisting of providing an opportunity of chargeable transaction; especially, a kind of quid pro quo in which if you (an insider) secretly help me (an outsider) win the bid for the contract then I will secretly send you a portion of the contract value; thus, a kind of bribe.
back(not comparable) To or in a previous condition or place.
reversenounThe opposite of something.
back crossnoun(juggling) A throw where the object is caught and then thrown from behind the back.
drop backverb(American football) Of a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a number of steps back from the line of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball, to avoid defenders.
bouncebacknounAn economic recovery.
faceplantnoun(informal) The act of landing face first, as a result of an accident or error.
backwards rollnoun(gymnastics) A movement in which one's body is rolled backwards, by crouching on the ground and lifting one's legs complete over one's head and lifting the head at the end.
drop-backnoun(American football) The act by a player in the backfield of dropping back from the line of scrimmage after the hike of the ball.
crackbacknoun(American football) A block in which the blocker, positioned wide, blocks back towards where the ball was snapped.
hanknounA diminutive of the male given name Henry.

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