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backswept
back·swept
/
ˈbækˌswɛpt
/
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[
bak
-swept
]
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adjective
1.
slanting backward or away from the front.
2.
Aeronautics
,
sweptback
.
Origin:
1915–20;
back
2
+
swept
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backswept
(ˈbækˌswɛpt)
—
adj
1.
slanting backwards
2.
another word for
sweptback
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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