Definitions for flareback

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flareback flare·back

Spelling: [flair-bak]

IPA: /ˈflɛərˌbæk/

Flareback is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 345 anagrams from letters in flareback (aabcefklr).

Definitions for flareback

noun

1. a blast of flame that sometimes issues from the breech of a large gun or cannon when it is opened after firing.
2. a brief, unexpected recurrence:

Origin of flareback

First recorded in 1900-05; noun use of verb phrase flare back

Examples for flareback

The Dreadnought Boys had beaten the flareback at its own grisly game.

The flareback had come like a bolt from the blue while the gun crew, still cheering Jim Cooper's second hit, were reloading.