(sports) The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
verb
To swing backward.
baconweed
baconweed
noun
Synonym of pigweed (“the plant Chenopodium album”)
baldcrown
batchtown
beclowned
beclowned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclown
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
branchway
branchway
noun
(poetic) A path or route formed by the branches of trees.
brownback
brownback
noun
A bird, the dowitcher or red-breasted snipe.
A note of scrip printed on brown paper, such as that issued by the city of St. Louis during a financial crisis.
A postage stamp printed in brown ink, used in the 1890s.
brucetown
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
buckwagon
buckwagon
noun
(South Africa) A strong wagon with a frame over the wheels used for hauling goods.
(US) A buckboard; a wagon for personal transport as well as transporting goods.
chawbacon
chawbacon
noun
(archaic) An uncultured rustic person.
clubwoman
clubwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who is a member of a club.
clubwomen
clubwomen
noun
plural of clubwoman
crownband
drawbench
drawbench
noun
A machine in which long pieces of metal are drawn through a drawplate, die, or series of dies, to change the shape, size, cross-sectional area, physical properties, or surface finish of the metal.
punchbowl
punchbowl
noun
A large bowl used for making or serving punch (the beverage).
screwbean
screwbean
noun
Prosopis pubescens, a flowering shrub or small tree in the pea family, native to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
The nutritious seedpod of this plant.
swingback
unbewitch
unbewitch
verb
(transitive) To free from a curse or enchantment.
watchband
watchband
noun
a band of leather, metal etc that fastens a wristwatch to the wrist; a watchstrap
wingbacks
wingbacks
noun
plural of wingback
workbench
workbench
noun
A sturdy bench or table at which manual work is done by a carpenter, machinist, etc.