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backpeddle

backpeddle verb: eggcorn of backpedal.

Verb

backpeddle (third-person singular simple present backpeddles, present participle backpeddling, simple past and past participle backpeddled)

  1. Eggcorn of backpedal.

Forms of backpeddle

third-person singular presentbackpeddles
present participlebackpeddling
past participlebackpeddled
pastbackpeddled

Questions about backpeddle

What does backpeddle mean?
Backpeddle means eggcorn of backpedal.
What part of speech is backpeddle?
Backpeddle is a verb.
What is the past tense of backpeddle?
The past tense of backpeddle is backpeddled.

Words near backpeddle in the dictionary

  1. backpedalings
  2. backpedalled
  3. backpedalling
  4. backpedallings
  5. backpedals
  6. backpeddle
  7. backpfeifengesicht
  8. backpfeifengesichts
  9. backpiece
  10. backpieces
  11. backplane

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