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Back fire   Listen
noun
back fire, backfire  n.  
1.
A fire started ahead of a forest or prairie fire to burn only against the wind, so that when the two fires meet both must go out for lack of fuel.
2.
(a)
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 a direction reverse to that in which it should travel; also called a knock or ping.
(b)
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.





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"Back fire" Quotes from Famous Books



... lose it," replied Uncle Squeaky. "I'll set a back fire." He rushed into the house and got a pawful of matches. Then he set fire to the ...
— Grand-Daddy Whiskers, M.D. • Nellie M. Leonard


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