backfired
Meaning of backfired
verb
- (of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
- (of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
- To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars backfired horribly when fuel prices tripled.
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Hyphenation of backfired
back-fired
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- backfired is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Anagrams of backfired
Words that rhyme with backfired
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