backache

[bak-eyk]

noun

1. a pain, especially in the lumbar region of the back, usually caused by the strain of a muscle or ligament.

backache

/ ˈbækˌeɪk /

noun

1. an ache or pain in one's back

Word History and Origins

Origin of backache¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; back ¹ + ache

Example Sentences

She said her "breasts were basically down to my bellybutton" before surgery, leading to backache and the need for physiotherapy, she said.

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"I thought I had just slept funny on a sun lounger, I was hoping to go paragliding but because of my backache I couldn't go," he says.

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Vickers also smoked some cannabis, something he regularly did to ease backache caused by his manual job in a factory, Ms Hall says.

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Sangeeta, who goes by one name, is overwhelmed every day as she juggles work, household chores and childcare while enduring severe hot flashes, fatigue, insomnia, backache and abdominal pain.

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Fergison told OK! that she visited her GP after she began spotting blood and having backache.

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