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back rub

back rub is the alternative form of backrub.

Meaning of backrub

Noun

backrub (plural backrubs)

  1. A massage of the back.
    • AT what point in the chef-diner relationship is it O.K. to offer a backrub?2008 March 12, Julia Moskin, “Your Waiter Tonight... Will Be the Chef”, in New York Times

Forms of back rub

pluralback rubs

Questions about back rub

What is back rub the alternative form of?
Back rub is the alternative form of backrub.

Words near back rub in the dictionary

  1. back roads
  2. back room
  3. back rooms
  4. back row
  5. back rows
  6. back rub
  7. back run
  8. back scatter
  9. back scattered
  10. back scattering
  11. back scatters

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