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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • ad. By surprise: He was taken aback by her caustic remarks.
  • ad. Nautical In such a way that the wind pushes against the forward side of a sail or sails.
  • ad. Archaic Back; backward.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. By surprise; startled; dumbfounded.
  • n. An abacus.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. Toward the back or rear; backward.
  • ad. Behind; in the rear.
  • ad. Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
  • n. An abacus.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Toward the back or rear; backward; rearward; regressively.
  • On or at the back; behind; from behind.
  • Away; aloof.
  • Ago: as, “eight days aback,” Ross.
  • Nautical, in or into the condition of receiving the wind from ahead; with the wind acting on the forward side: said of a ship or of her sails.
  • Figuratively, suddenly or unexpectedly checked, confounded, or disappointed: as, he was quite taken aback when he was refused admittance.
  • n. An abacus, or something resembling one, as a flat, square stone, or a square compartment.
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    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • ad. by surprise
  • ad. having the wind against the forward side of the sails
    • Cross Reference
    flat aback    taken aback    all aback forward    laid aback    to brace aback   
    Form
    take aback   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    backward    behind    abacus   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Adak    Black    Braque    Chirac    Jack    Jacques    Lak    Mac    Mack    Macke   
     
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