Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb With the stern foremost; backward.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner.
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- adverb With the
stern , instead of thebow , in advance. - adverb figuratively In an
awkward ,blundering manner.
Etymologies
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stern + foremost
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