Aback

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To be taken aback is to be taken by surprise. You might be taken aback when your grandmother suddenly demonstrates her yodeling skills.

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Toward the back or rear; backward.

Adverb
by surprise; "taken aback by the caustic remarks"

Adverb
having the wind against the forward side of the sails; "the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback"

adv.
Toward the back or rear; backward.

adv.
Behind; in the rear.

adv.
Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.

n.
An abacus.

Aback

A*back" , adv. [Pref. a- + back; AS. on b'91c at, on, or toward the back. See Back.] 1. Toward the back or rear; backward. "Therewith aback she started." Chaucer. 2. Behind; in the rear. Knolles. 3. (Naut.) Backward against the mast;-said of the sails when pressed by the wind. Totten. To be taken aback. (a) To be driven backward against the mast; -- said of the sails, also of the ship when the sails are thus driven. (b) To be suddenly checked, baffled, or discomfited. Dickens.

Aback

Ab"ack , n. An abacus. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Toward the back or rear; backward.

An abacus.

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Usage Examples

People are taken aback by a confident, pretty girl who knows what she wants in life and isn't going to let anyone get in her way. And you know what it's all about? Jealousy.

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