noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act of retroflexing; the state of being retroflexed. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the act of bending backward wordnet
3. 3
   an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth wordnet
4. 4
   a turning or tilting backward of an organ or body part wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

retroversionbacksetbackslidingbackward motionbackward stepectropion

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