THROWBACK


Meaning of THROWBACK in English

/throh"bak'/ , n.

1. an act of throwing back.

2. a setback or check.

3. the reversion to an ancestral or earlier type or character; atavism.

4. an example of this.

[ 1855-60; 1915-20 for def. 3; n. use of v. phrase throw back ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .