abox
/əˈbɒks/Nautical
adverb
Of the head-yards of a sailing vessel: in a position with only the headsails laid aback.
Origin
Early 19th century. From a- + box.
- hit parade
- hit single
- hit someone below the belt
- hit someone for six
- hit someone in the eye (or between the eyes)
- hit someone up
- hit squad
- Hitt.
- hittable
- hitter
- hit the bottle
- hit the buffers
- hit the farter
- hit the ground running
- hit the hay
- hit the high spots
- hit the jackpot
- Afrofuturist
- Afro-jazz
- Afro-Latin
- Afro-Latin-American
- afront
- Afro pick
- Afropithecus
- Afropop