throwback

== English == === Etymology === Deverbal from throw back. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɹəʊ.bæk/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈθɹoʊ.bæk/ Hyphenation: throw‧back === Noun === throwback (countable and uncountable, plural throwbacks) A reversion to an earlier stage of development. (derogatory) A person considered to be primitive, uncivilized and mentally deficient. An organism that has characteristics of a more primitive form. An atavism. A person similar to an ancestor, or something new similar to what already existed. (slang, often attributive) A person or thing that evokes memories. (US, accounting) A practice to avoid untaxed nowhere income by instead taxing such income in the originating state for a given transaction. Coordinate terms: nowhere income, throwout ==== Translations ==== === See also === throw back === Further reading === throwback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Backworth