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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
Alternative spelling of back seat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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verb
To act in the manner of a back-seat driver or a back-seat gamer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: seat
Narrower terms: dickey, dickie, dicky, dickey-seat, dickie-seat, dicky-seat
noun
a secondary or inferior position or status
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: inferiority, lower status, lower rank
History
From back + seat.
