backfire
— Noun
– English
～ a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
backfire
— Noun
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～ the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
backfire
— Noun
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～ a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
backfire
— Noun
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～ a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
backflow
— Noun
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～ a flow that returns toward its source
backflowing
— Noun
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～ a flow that returns toward its source
backgammon
— Noun
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～ a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
background
— Verb
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～ understate the importance or quality of; "he played down his royal ancestry"
background
— Noun
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～ (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
background
— Noun
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～ scenery hung at back of stage
background
— Noun
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～ information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
background
— Noun
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～ the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"
background
— Noun
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～ the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
background
— Noun
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～ relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
background
— Noun
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～ extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"
background
— Noun
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～ a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
backgrounder
— Noun
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～ a press conference or interview in which a government official explains to reporters the background of an action or policy; "the secretary gave us a backgrounder on public health issues"
backgrounding
— Noun
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～ the execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system
backhand
— Verb
– English
～ hit a tennis ball backhand
backhand
— Adjective
– English
～ (of racket strokes) made across the body with back of hand facing direction of stroke