say it: PUUL-bak
pullback is a noun meaning "a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back". It carries 2 recorded senses.
a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
“the draperies were drawn to the sides by pullbacks”
(military) the act of pulling back (especially an orderly withdrawal of troops)
“the pullback is expected to be over 25,000 troops”
military
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for pullback come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.