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backcast

[ bak-kast, -kahst ]

noun

  1. a short backward and often upward swing of a fishing rod, its line, and its lure in preparation for the cast that immediately follows.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of backcast1

1570–80, for an earlier sense; back 2 + cast

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