Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wayback machine

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables: way-back- -ma-chine
IPA

35

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A time machine or other means of revisiting information from the past.

Example Sentences

"I can't set Mr. Peabody's wayback machine to July 1, 1863, and take my entire class of fifth graders on a field trip to show them what the Battle of Gettysburg was like. I don't have a wayback machine."
"The star middle linebacker, who will go down in history as one of the Bears' best and most popular players, willingly jumped in the wayback machine and stopped it on a game during his second NFL season."
"Reduced to its core, originalism promises that judges can ride a constitutional wayback machine, taking orders from the esteemed Founders."
"So let's set the wayback machine to 2009 to show an example of what I was doing back then."

Etymology

From the WABAC machine in the animated cartoon Mister Peabody, from way back (“long ago”). According to Gerard Baldwin, one of the show's directors, the spelling was a reference to the UNIVAC I computer.

Inflected Forms

wayback machines (plural)

Phrases

Wayback Machine

Questions

What does wayback machine mean?: A time machine or other means of revisiting information from the past.
Where does wayback machine come from?: From the WABAC machine in the animated cartoon Mister Peabody, from way back (“long ago”). According to Gerard Baldwin, one of the show's directors, the spelling was a reference to the UNIVAC I computer.

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