Crossword clues for backtrack
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. the act of backtrack#Verb vb. 1 to retrace one's steps 2 to repeat or review work already done 3 (context aviation English) To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff
WordNet
v. retrace one's course; "The hikers got into a storm and had to turn back" [syn: turn back, double back]
Wikipedia
Backtrack may refer to:
- Back Track, a 1998 first-person shooter for the Game Boy Advance
- BackTrack, a Linux distribution
- BackTrack (magazine), a British railway history monthly magazine
- Backtrack (Transformers), a fictional character in the Transformers series
- Backtrack (novel), a 1965 western novel written by Milton Lott
- Backtracking, a search algorithm in computing
- Backtracks (AC/DC album), an album by AC/DC
- Backtracks (Poco album), an album by Poco
- "Backtrack" (song), the fourth single from singer Rebecca Ferguson's debut album, Heaven
- Backtrack, alternative name to Catchfire, a 1990 drama film
- Backtrack (2015 film), a 2015 film
- Backtrack (band), an American hardcore band
Backtrack is a western novel by Milton Lott, published in 1965. The book is about a cattle drive from Texas to Montana, and features cowboy Ringo Rose and a Mexican boy whom he fathers. He teaches the kid skills he needs to survive, including gunfighting. When the kid shoots a man and flees, Ringo follows him across Texas to Ringo's former home. The book was made into a movie by Universal Studios in 1969.
BackTrack is a monthly magazine, published by Pendragon Publishing, concentrating on researched articles and photographic features about British and Irish railway history. It is available through newsagents in the UK and by subscription from the publisher, but doesn't rely on advertising income and therefore doesn't publish an ABC circulation figure.
"Backtrack" is a song recorded by British soul recording artist Rebecca Ferguson, taken as the lead single from the deluxe edition of her debut album Heaven (2012). The song was written by Ferguson and Jonny Lattimer, who produced the track with Tim Baxter as well. The song was released on 14 October 2012 in the United Kingdom, the day before the release of the deluxe edition of Heaven. The single already features as a bonus track on the U.S. version of Heaven. "Backtrack" contains elements of soul, jazz and pop. The single entered the UK Singles Chart at number 15, making it Ferguson's second top twenty hit.
Backtrack is a 2015 Australian mystery thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Michael Petroni. The film stars Adrien Brody, Bruce Spence, Sam Neill, Robin McLeavy, Malcolm Kennard, and Jenni Baird.
Backtrack is an American hardcore band from Long Island, New York.
Usage examples of "backtrack".
Under cover of running a search on EsKay digs, he pulled up the information on the personnel, backtracking to the last EsKay dig the Cades had been on.
It is very difficult to backtrack a chain of gates, if it was constructed with proper random deliberation, even for the time-mobile.
Vadim, under the command of Captain Ashiant, as he and the ships backtrack the fleeing Hiver spheres.
By the time the IPF could backtrack and cross the river, coming up to the point of ambush, the Rebels were long gone, fading silently and quickly into the countryside, their gruesome jobs efficiently and effectively done.
Von Zarovich backtracked their path and discovered the hoofprints of their horses appearing in the middle of an otherwise empty and unmatched patch of earth, as though they had appeared out of nowhere.
He backtracked his train of thought, but the word had suddenly lost all semantic reference and become only two meaningless syllables, odd-sounding and flat.
As the backtracking train squealed to a stop dozens of doors opened and crowds of people jumped out to see what had happened.
If Sanner was backtracking, that meant he intended to confer with the rest of the rescue team and perhaps make them retrace their steps.
Even so, the thought of backtracking gnawed at him as they approached the entrance to the final chamber.
Maybe it was all the practice tracking and backtracking through the cave system.
He backtracked as far as the enclave of mismatched trailers, which had the letters A, B, C, D, E, and F on small painted signs in front.
Brennen slipped her the luma and backtracked warily up into blackness.
As she was turning right at the stop sign to backtrack around the island of pinons separating the houses from the maintenance yard, the short exchange between the sisters sprang back into her thoughts with sudden clarity.
Stanton had to engage in furious backtracking, growing connective tissue to the pro-slavery radicals through that foppish Massachusetts Senator, Sumner.
Kirk, backtracking, ducked behind a large machine and pulled out his phaser.