Synonyms for back fire
Definitions
- n. 1
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
Related words
- Other spellings
- backfire
Example sentences
- knock What should we do if the police knock at our door?
- ping Tom can't remember which ping-pong paddle is his.
- backlash The bribery scandal created a backlash overseas.
- recoil Thou shalt not recoil before thine enemy.
- boomerang Tom threw the boomerang, but it didn't come back.
By length
- 4 letters
- ping1
- 5 letters
- knock1
- 6 letters
- recoil2
- 8 letters
- backlash2
- 9 letters
- boomerang3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (recoil2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- contre-feu