backfire

What does backfire mean?

• noun

  the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

• verb

  come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

• noun

  a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

• noun

  a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

• noun

  a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

• verb

  emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

• verb

  set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

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