English language

How to pronounce backseat in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Type of seat
Has types dickie-seat, dicky, dicky-seat, dickie, dickey-seat, dickey
Type Words
Type of inferiority, lower rank, lower status


tennis has had to take a backseat while his work is so demanding.

Examples of backseat

backseat
It has Euro-style sporty handling, plus a roomy backseat and trunk for its size.
From the washingtontimes.com
Later, the kids munch PB and J's in the backseat of the car and swap tall tales.
From the ocregister.com
Whenever it rains, I get a sopping puddle of water on the floor in the backseat.
From the chron.com
The rescuers were helping someone, I explained to my curious backseat passenger.
From the kansas.com
It felt like my boys had more space in the backseat than I had in the front row.
From the washingtonpost.com
This year, Illinois required backseat passengers in vehicles to wear seat belts.
From the dailyherald.com
A handy mechanism slides the middle row forward for easy access to the backseat.
From the freep.com
A woman driving a car means that she just wants a romp in the backseat with him?
From the charlotteobserver.com
Later this spring and summer, the slow cooker will take a backseat to the grill.
From the stltoday.com
More examples
  • A secondary or inferior position or status; "tennis has had to take a backseat while his work is so demanding"
  • A seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile)
  • (BACKSEATS) of land, backsets, subleases.
  • An air conditioning term which means to rotate a service valve counterclockwise all the way down until the valve is back-seated. ...