backsie

English

Etymology

back +‎ -sie

Noun

backsie (plural backsies)

1. (often plural) The act of taking back; the cancellation of something said or of an agreement.
   • 1986, Alice Bach, The Meat in the Sandwich, page 136:

     No backsie no matter what.

   • 1999, Mary Bolte, A Guide for Using Bedtime for Frances in the Classroom, page 48:

     Talk about times when you had a backsie or gave something back to someone.

   • 2012, Kate Hoffmann, The Mighty Quinns: Ronan: The Mighty Quinns: Marcus, page 83:

     Whenever one of us would say something nasty, she'd ask if we wanted a backsie, which meant we could take it back before anyone heard it.

2. (often plural, jacks) The act of going through a sequence of moves in reverse.
   • 1956, Jacks, page 9:

     And then you play Backsies again if you're playing that way.

   • 1961, Patricia Evans, Rimbles: A Book of Children's Classic Games, Rhymes, Songs, and Sayings:

     In the eastern part of this country BACKSIES is played by some people after each game, and you're not through with a game until you've played it.

   • 1970, Marta Weigle, Follow my fancy: the book of jacks and jack games, page 12:

     When a player gets through sixies, he then starts on a backsie of the regular game.

3. (childish) The back.
   • 1985, Dorothy Einon, Play with a purpose:

     A mimsy, a clapsy, I roll my hands, touch backsie, My right hand, my left hand, High as the sky, low as the sea, I touch my knee, and my heel, and my toe, And over we go.

Anagrams

• backies, biscake