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What (who) is aback - definition
aback
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
adv.
taken aback (I was taken aback) ('I was startled')
Aback
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
·adv Behind; in the rear.
II. Aback ·noun An Abacus.
III. Aback ·adv Toward the back or rear; backward.
IV. Aback ·adv Backward against the mast;
- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
aback
WIKTIONARY REDIRECT
¦ adverb
1. archaic towards or situated to the rear.
2. Sailing with the sail pressed back against the mast by a headwind.
Phrases
take someone aback shock or surprise someone.
Examples of use of aback
1. Zein al–Khouri, a Jordanian businesswoman, was also taken aback.
2. But Ferguson was taken aback to find himself being harangued.
3. The opposition was taken aback by the election commission‘s announcement.
4. "What‘s your dog‘s name?" "Sunny," replied the woman, taken aback.
5. Needless to say you seemed taken aback by it all.