Definitions For Backfire

noun

• A miscalculation that recoils on its maker
• A fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path
• A loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
• The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
• To make a loud sound when fuel is not burned properly
• To have the opposite result of what was desired or expected

verb

• Set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire
• Emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire
• Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect