Backfire

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An explosion of prematurely ignited fuel or of unburned exhaust gases in an internal-combustion engine.
  • n. The backward escape of gases or cartridge fragments when a gun is fired.
  • n. A fire started in the path of an oncoming fire in order to deprive it of fuel and thereby control or extinguish it.
  • verb-intransitive. To explode in the manner of or make the sound of a backfire.
  • verb-intransitive. To start or use a backfire in extinguishing or controlling a forest fire.
  • verb-intransitive. To produce an unexpected, undesired result.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
  • v. To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
  • n. Alternative spelling of back fire.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet both must go out for lack of fuel.
  • A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in a direction reverse to that in which it should travel; also called a knock or ping.
  • an explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
  • verb-intransitive. To have or experience a back fire or back fires; -- said of an internal-combustion engine.
  • verb-intransitive. Of a Bunsen or similar air-fed burner, to light so that the flame proceeds from the internal gas jet instead of from the external jet of mixed gas and air.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To stop an advancing fire by setting in front of it, or around threatened buildings, woods, etc., another fire, which is then beaten out, thus producing a protective burnt area.
  • To light before the proper time: said specifically of a gas-engine when the charge explodes before the admission-valve closes, thus making an explosion in the admission-passage, or before the working-piston reaches its dead-center, which it must do before beginning its working stroke. See back-firing.
  • n. A fire started purposely some distance ahead of a fire which is to be fought.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
  • v. emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
  • v. come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
  • v. set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
  • n. a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
  • n. a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
  • n. a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
    • Equivalent
    back fire    back-fire   
    Verb Form
    backfired    backfires    backfiring   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    resound    make noise    noise    hap    take place   
    Variant
    knock    ping   
     
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