Definition of bass-ackwards in English:
bass-ackwards
adverb & adjectivebasˈakwədzˌbasˈakwərds
North American informal another way of saying ass-backwards
Example sentencesExamples
- You've got him all bassackwards, and it seems like you don't even care.
- It seems the previous owners of the car must have had the hoses replaced and the mechanic must have put the hoses on there bassackwards.
- Somehow, wearing a taboo word on your shirt is all right, as long as it's written in some way bassackwards.
- I live here now and there is bassackwards high country thinking all around.
- However, I also feel that the Community Corporation is going about things in a ‘bassackwards ' way.
Definition of bass-ackwards in US English:
bass-ackwards
adverb & adjectiveˌbasˈakwərds
North American informal another way of saying ass-backwards
Example sentencesExamples
- However, I also feel that the Community Corporation is going about things in a ‘bassackwards ' way.
- I live here now and there is bassackwards high country thinking all around.
- Somehow, wearing a taboo word on your shirt is all right, as long as it's written in some way bassackwards.
- It seems the previous owners of the car must have had the hoses replaced and the mechanic must have put the hoses on there bassackwards.
- You've got him all bassackwards, and it seems like you don't even care.