getback

See also: get back

English

Etymology

Deverbal from get back.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛtbæk/

Noun

getback (countable and uncountable, plural getbacks)

1. An act of revenge.

   Coordinate term: payback

   • 2013, Brent D. Shaw, Bringing in the Sheaves: Economy and Metaphor in the Roman World, page 248:

     If the resource was general and valuable, elements of criminality and vengeful getbacks — 'I'll burn your crops' — were an ever-present threat.

   • 2022, Lux Miller, Aether:

     I ran from my parents' mistakes and the dark cloud that loomed over me from their petty games of getback.

See also

• clawback
• giveback
• takeback