"backseat" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: backseats [plural]
Etymology: From back + seat. Etymology templates: {{af|en|back|seat}} back + seat Head templates: {{en-noun}} backseat (plural backseats)
  1. Alternative spelling of back seat. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: back seat Categories (topical): Automotive Synonyms: backseat, tonneau Hypernyms: seat Holonyms: automobile Derived forms: backseat driver, backseat gamer
    Sense id: en-backseat-en-noun-JlheVkaV Disambiguation of Automotive: 88 12

Verb [English]

Forms: backseats [present, singular, third-person], backseating [participle, present], backseated [participle, past], backseated [past]
Etymology: From back + seat. Etymology templates: {{af|en|back|seat}} back + seat Head templates: {{en-verb}} backseat (third-person singular simple present backseats, present participle backseating, simple past and past participle backseated)
  1. (video games, usually derogatory) To give advice on how to play a video game while another person is playing the video game. Tags: derogatory, usually Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-backseat-en-verb-joXSyBtR Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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