Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word backie.
Examples
-
After advice from South African friends, we'd rented a "backie" a 4X4 in Bloemfontein and driven into the beautiful mountain kingdom where we were told giant potholes and boulder-ridden rural roads awaited us.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed IAN EVANS 2011
-
Five of us in the front and 17 in the back, our backie was now a minibus.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed IAN EVANS 2011
-
As we prepared to swing the backie downward, a Volkswagen Golf bounced past us in the opposite direction, having given up on the attempt, its sober-looking occupants clinging on in their own white-knuckle ride.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed IAN EVANS 2011
-
Eugene, Oregon's Jonah Owen was oozing steez, Johnnie Paxson was twisting 270 on the hard way to 270 out, Celeste Rhoads was front-boarding smooth as anything, someone did a backie on the mini kicker ... and then my paring meter ran out and it was time to peace!
ESPNsoccernet 2009
-
To our left we have a small unassuming backie-type vehicle, which in partnership with a nearby tree suspends two hammocks and their inhabitants.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2009
bilby commented on the word backie
To 'give someone a backie' means to give them a ride on the back of your bicycle. Used several times in this blog article and by commenters on the post: http://aseasyasridingabike.wordpress.com/2013/12/31/not-dangerous/
January 10, 2014
leaden commented on the word backie
Look at that unusually coherent usage in the Twitter feed: “Giving my brother a backie on the bike to school after leg day was not ideal”. (Dunno what “leg day” is, but I infer it’s rough on one’s legs.)
January 10, 2014