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backsticks

backsticks is the plural of backstick.

Meaning of backstick

Noun

backstick (plural backsticks)

  1. (attributive, often, field hockey) An illegal shot in which a player strikes the ball with the rounded face of the stick in field hockey.

Questions about backsticks

What is backsticks the plural of?
Backsticks is the plural of backstick.

Words near backsticks in the dictionary

  1. backstepping
  2. backsteps
  3. backster
  4. backsters
  5. backstick
  6. backsticks
  7. backstitch
  8. backstitched
  9. backstitches
  10. backstitching
  11. backstock

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