Definitions for aback

aback a·back

Spelling: [uh-bak]
IPA: /əˈbæk/

Aback is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in aback (aabck).

Definitions for aback

Idioms

  1. taken aback, surprised and disconcerted:

adverb

  1. toward the back.
  2. Nautical. so that the wind presses against the forward side of the sail or sails.

adjective

  1. (of a sail) positioned so that the wind presses against the forward side.
  2. (of a yard) positioned so that its sail is laid aback.

Origin of aback

before 1000; Middle English abak, Old English on bæc to the rear. See a-1 on, back1

Examples for aback

The midshipman went to sleep, and when he awoke he found the ship all aback.

This has always put Arabs aback, made them vulnerable and eager to avoid uncalculated escalation.

Sarah did not answer for a minute, for the question took her aback; then she laughed.

When he tried to come nearer her she laughed and thrust him aback.

This discovery knocked us all aback, and we were quite at a loss how to proceed.

I certainly took him aback, and he almost dropped the glass.

To bagpipe the mizen is to lay it aback, by bringing the sheet to the mizen-shrouds.

It took her aback by its directness, and for a moment left her without an answer.

Well, when you consider that, can you wonder I was set all aback?

“Throw it all aback,” he cut in as at last he caught my idea.

Word Value for aback
Scrable

13

Words with friends

15

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