English Explanatory Dictionary

back door

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
  2. A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
  3. A secret means of access to a program or system.
  4. A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.
  5. The anus; (by extension) anal sex.
  6. The rear side of the hole, furthest from the golfer.
adj
  1. The path of a pitch which starts outside and then slides over the plate.
  2. Achieved through indirect means.
  3. Requiring consecutive cards on the turn and river to be achieved.
verb
  1. To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
  2. To enter a tube by accelerating from behind; to surf into an already formed hollow wave, in contrast to the normal method of slowing to allow a surfable wave to form.
  3. To add a backdoor (a secret means of access) to a program or system.
  4. To betray (someone); to double-cross (someone); to set (someone) up; to take advantage of (someone's) trust.

Pronunciation

En-au-back door.ogg

Word forms

back door back doors backdoor back-door back dooring back doored

Synonyms

backgate

Antonyms

foredoor front door

Related words

back-door bandit back-door man back-door pilot back door slider front door

Translations

Danish: bagdør Finnish: takaportti German: Backdoor Italian: backdoor Japanese: バックドア Korean: 백도어 Polish: backdoor Portuguese: backdoor Russian: бэкдо́р Russian: чёрный ход Russian: лазе́йка
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