swingback
1 of 2noun (1)
1
: a pivoting back for some cameras that allows the film or plateholder to be tilted for correcting or distorting the perspective in a photograph or for shifting the focal plane so as to bring oblique objects into focus
2
: swayback of lambs
swingback
2 of 2noun (2)
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plural -s
: a movement of reaction (such as a return to favor or influence of a political party)
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
swing entry 3 + back, noun
Noun (2)
from the phrase swing back, from swing entry 1 + back, adverb