From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Alternative forms
- [en]
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] The back .
2. * [en]
3. [en] The act of taking back or going back on a statement , promise [,] or agreement .
4. * [en]
5. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1987 | author=Carolyn W. Field; Jaqueline Shachter Weiss | title=Values in selected children's books of fiction and fantasy
|passage=Frances is the loser when she agrees to no " BACKSIES" or refunds as
she buys Thelma's plastic tea dishes with money saved for a china set.}}
1. * [en]
2. * {{ quote-journal | en | date=2008-03-25 | author=Harvey Araton | title=For President, Knicks Could Look Nearby | work=w:The New York Times | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/sports/basketball/25araton.html
|passage=Not one to gloat, Thorn did sound amused Monday when asked if he had
broken the news to the Mavericks' owner, Mark Cuban: no
BACKSIES.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126024249/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/25/sports/basketball/25araton.html}}
1. * [en]
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5. * [en]
6. [en] A reciprocal action or consequence , such as immediately tag ging the player who has tagged one in a game of tag .
7. [en] The act of going through a sequence of moves in reverse .
8. * [en]
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10. * [en]
11. [en] The act of joining a queue behind a friend rather than at the end of the queue.
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**** Translations
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- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es]
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*** Further reading
- [entry=backsy]
*** Anagrams
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