(of a quadruped, usually a horse) To stand on two rear legs, as an aggressive or fearful gesture.

(intransitive) To retaliate. / (transitive) To repress (an emotion).

A specific spelling of a word representing a phonetic feature never present in it, but was present in other words in the same phonetic environment (and was later lost), or the practice of making such spellings.

(African-American Vernacular and gay slang) To make a witty or sarcastic retort.

(obsolete) Strong beer.

long ago / far into the past

(idiomatic) Immensely.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shrink back

present participle of push back

simple past tense and past participle of push back