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backdoor

The correct spelling is backdoor.

How to pronounce backdoor

noun

Say it like: Bak-doo-r

The correct spelling is backdoor. A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
  2. 2.A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
  3. 3.A secret means of access to a program or system.
  4. 4.A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.
  5. 5.The anus, generally used in reference to anal sex.

verb

  1. 1.To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
  2. 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.

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