(aerospace) A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch.
A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
cutback
cutback
noun
(roofing) Solvent-thinned bitumen used in cold process roofing adhesives, cements and coatings.
(soccer) An offensive pass played into a position further from the attacking goal line.
(surfing) Maneuver where the surfer turns and surfs back towards where the wave is breaking.
A reduction of some sort in an existing program or service.
cutbank
cutbank
noun
(Canada, US) The outer edge of the bend in a stream or river, where the water cuts into the bank leaving the opposite side flat.
cuttack
hackbut
nutcake
nutcake
noun
(informal) A crazy person
A cake made with nuts
outback
outback
adj
Characteristic of the most remote and desolate areas of Australia; very remote from urban areas.
adv
To or towards the most remote and desolate areas of Australia.
noun
(Australia) The most remote and desolate areas of Australia; the desert and areas too arid for growing crops.
putback
putback
noun
(basketball) A move in which a player scores a basket immediately after securing an offensive rebound
sackbut
sackbut
noun
(music) A brass instrument from the Renaissance and Baroque Eras, and an ancestor of the modern trombone. It was derived from the medieval slide trumpet.
stackup
stackup
noun
(engineering) A diagram used to calculate the effects of accumulated variation in dimensions and tolerances.
subtack
subtack
noun
An underlease in Scotland.
unstack
unstack
verb
(transitive) To remove from a stack.
untacks
untacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of untack