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backstreet

back street
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bak-street]
    • /ˈbækˌstrit/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bak-street]
    • /ˈbækˌstrit/

Definitions of backstreet word

  • noun backstreet a street in a town remote from the main roads 3
  • noun backstreet denoting illicit activities regarded as likely to take place in such a street 3
  • noun backstreet a street apart from the main or business area of a town. 1
  • adjective backstreet taking place in secrecy and often illegally: back-street political maneuvering; back-street drug dealing. 1
  • noun backstreet A minor street remote from a main road. 1
  • adjective backstreet clandestine or illegal 1

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Origin of backstreet

First appearance:

before 1630
One of the 42% oldest English words
First recorded in 1630-40

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Backstreet

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

backstreet popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for backstreet

noun backstreet

  • alley — An alley is a narrow passage or street with buildings or walls on both sides.
  • by-street — a side street or a private or obscure street; byway.
  • bylane — a side lane or alley off a road
  • bypath — a little-used path or track, esp in the country
  • byroad — a secondary or side road

Antonyms for backstreet

noun backstreet

  • thoroughfare — a road, street, or the like, that leads at each end into another street.

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