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backsighting

backsighting is the present participle and gerund of backsight.

Meaning of backsight

Verb

backsight (third-person singular simple present backsights, present participle backsighting, simple past and past participle backsighted)

  1. To shoot a backsight.

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Questions about backsighting

What is backsighting the present participle and gerund of?
Backsighting is the present participle and gerund of backsight.

Words near backsighting in the dictionary

  1. backsides
  2. backsie
  3. backsies
  4. backsight
  5. backsighted
  6. backsighting
  7. backsights
  8. backsiphonage
  9. backsishe
  10. backskin
  11. backslab

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Adapted from Wiktionary: backsighting (page history and authors); backsight (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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