Backscratch

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

A scratch on the back..

Definitions by Sense

1. A scratch on the back.
2. To scratch one's or another's back.
3. (business, politics, slang) To engage in a reciprocal beneficial action.

Example Sentences

Several Colorado papers have reproduced the substance of our articles on silver, and we thank them for their backscratches.

Backscratches keep improving but the itch increases.

I had to admit he had nice fingernails and a backscratch would have felt just fine.

Series of clotheslines no-sold, so Haku tries backscratches, and, interestingly, that finally works.

That thought appeared to discompose her greatly, though Jasper made light of it by rapidly back-scratching with his hind legs and giving a short stern bark, just to assure her that strangers would be rushed off the property on sight.

He enjoyed being hugged, backscratched, and tickled and sat quietly next to the examiner after testing while a parental interview was conducted.

So it is to the mutual advantage of social primates to backscratch for each other.

[…] primate's inclination to backscratch and delouse rather than venture into the dangerous country beyond familiar tramping grounds.

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Word Forms

• backscratches
• backscratching
• backscratched

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