1. aback - Noun
2. aback - Adverb
Toward the back or rear; backward.
Behind; in the rear.
Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.
An abacus.
Source: Webster's dictionarytaken aback by the caustic remarks Source: Internet
the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback Source: Internet
Again, I displayed no symptoms, and I was quite taken aback. Source: Internet
Amber admitted she was taken aback by the massive sum of money on offer, adding: ‘I was like, wait, somebody would pay like 60 grand for me to go and spend three days with them? Source: Internet
At the same time, he remarked that too many Black youths are vanishing in the same way that cousins Isaiah and Joel Henry were killed and mutilated last weekend on a coconut estate aback Cotton Tree Village, West Coast Berbice. Source: Internet
After hearing this effect, Carter was "taken aback" and noted it was "going to be good".sfn According to the "Behind the Truth" segment on the first season DVD, Snow created the echo effect on the track by accident. Source: Internet