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
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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