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General (25 matching dictionaries)

1. backfire: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. backfire: Oxford Dictionaries [home, info]
3. backfire: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. backfire: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. backfire: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. backfire: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Backfire, backfire: Wordnik [home, info]
8. backfire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. backfire: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. backfire: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. backfire: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
12. backfire: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
13. backfire: Dictionary.com [home, info]
14. backfire: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
15. backfire: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
16. Backfire, Backfire: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
17. backfire: Rhymezone [home, info]
18. backfire: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
19. backfire: Free Dictionary [home, info]
20. backfire: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
21. backfire: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
22. backfire: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
23. backfire: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business (1 matching dictionary)

24. backfire: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

25. backfire: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)

26. backfire: Idioms [home, info]

Science (1 matching dictionary)

27. backfire: Botanical Terms [home, info]

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

28. backfire: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)

29. Backfire: AUTOMOTIVE TERMS [home, info]
30. Backfire: National Weather Service Glossary [home, info]

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Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (backfire) ▸ noun:  a miscalculation that recoils on its maker ▸ 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 ("My old car backfires all the time") ▸ verb:  have an unexpected and undesired effect ("Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble") ▸ verb:  set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire ▸ Also see backfiring ▸ Words similar to backfire ▸ Usage examples for backfire ▸ Popular adjectives describing backfire ▸ Words that often appear near backfire ▸ Rhymes of backfire ▸ Invented words related to backfire