Definition of Backfires

1. Noun. (plural of backfire) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of backfire) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Backfires

1. backfire [v] - See also: backfire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Backfires

backet
backets
backfall
backfalls
backfield
backfields
backfile
backfile conversion
backfiles
backfill
backfilled
backfilling
backfills
backfire
backfired
backfires (current term)
backfiring
backfisch
backfische
backfit
backfits
backfitted
backfitting
backflip
backflipped
backflipping
backflips
backflow
backflowing
backflows

Literary usage of Backfires

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights by Jemera Rone (2003)
"China's First Initial Public Offering on the NY Stock Exchange backfires CNPC announced in April 1999 that it planned to begin selling shares to the public ..."

2. Gotcha by Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn (1992)
"LET US LOOK AT SOME PUBLIC backfires The one just spoken of above is the master plan of all backfires-- it will end up getting your goose cooked. ..."

3. Plug Your Book: Online Book Marketing for Authors, Book Publicity Through by Steve Weber (2007)
"How duplicate content backfires Let's imagine you've written a book about pottery, and to promote it, you publish a pottery blog. Last year on your blog, ..."

4. Harper's Gasoline Engine Book: How the Engine is Made, how to Use it at Home by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill (1914)
"Open the throttle about one-third, and if the motor backfires screw in the air- ... Then throw the throttle wide open, and if the engine backfires turn the ..."

5. Transactions by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1912)
"... with the and air mixture, with its attendant loss of mixture through the ust ports, and the possibility of backfires, is therefore entirely inated. ..."

6. Multicultural Literature for Children and Young Adults: A Selected Listing by Ginny Moore Kruse (1991)
"... to see how long he can go without eating backfires on him when the birch trees he has asked to hold him tight won't let go when he changes his mind. ..."

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