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Uncommonback door
The correct spelling is back door.
How to pronounce back door
noun
Say it like: Bak- doo-r
The correct spelling is back door. A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street. For example: "He has a nasty back door slider."
Usage Examples
“He has a nasty back door slider.”
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, generally used in reference to anal sex.
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.
adjective
- 1.The path of a pitch which starts outside and then slides over the plate.
- 2.Achieved through indirect means.
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