backfire
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- definition a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
- definition a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
- definition a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
- definition come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
- definition emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
- definition set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire