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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back;
- Example: "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks"
[syn: pullback, tieback]

2. (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops);
- Example: "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pullback \Pull"back`\, n. 1. That which holds back, or causes to recede; a drawback; a hindrance. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch) The iron hook fixed to a casement to pull it shut, or to hold it party open at a fixed point. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pullback n 1: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back; "the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks" [syn: pullback, tieback] 2: (military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops); "the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

33 Moby Thesaurus words for "pullback": avoidance, bitter-ender, conservative, cringe, curtailment, cut, cutback, disengagement, dodge, duck, evasion, fallback, flinch, fundamentalist, old liner, pullout, recoil, reculade, retirement, retreat, retrenchment, right-winger, rightist, rollback, shy, sidestep, sidestepping, standpat, standpatter, tory, wince, withdrawal, withdrawment