Definition
- backfire :come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
- Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble
- the political movie backlashed on the Democrats
- backfire :emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
- My old car backfires all the time
- backfire :the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- backfire :a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
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