'Pullback' definitions:
Definition of 'pullback'
(from WordNet)
noun
A device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: pullback, tieback]
noun
(military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops"
Definition of 'Pullback'
From: GCIDE
- Pullback \Pull"back`\, n.
- 1. That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Arch) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pullback'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- avoidance,
- bitter-ender,
- conservative,
- cringe,
- curtailment,
- cut,
- cutback,
- disengagement,
- dodge,
- duck,
- evasion,
- fallback,
- flinch,
- fundamentalist,
- old liner,
- pullout,
- recoil,
- reculade,
- retirement,
- retreat,
- retrenchment,
- right-winger,
- rightist,
- rollback,
- shy,
- sidestep,
- sidestepping,
- standpat,
- standpatter,
- tory,
- wince,
- withdrawal,
- withdrawment