backcast
backcast · backcasts
A cast or throw backA cast or throw back.
Meaning
6 sensesA cast or throw back.
A backward stroke, or a stroke driving one back.
(figuratively)Any discouragement or cause of relapse or failure.
(UK, dialectal)Misfortune; reverse; reversal; a relapse in health or illness; moral backsliding.
(UK, dialectal)Retrospect; hindsight.
(UK, dialectal)Backwater
Origin
Blend of back + forecast.Blend of back + forecast.
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