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backgate

backgate noun: a gate that supplies a negative voltage. Also the alternative form of back gate.

Noun

backgate (plural backgates)

  1. A gate that supplies a negative voltage.
  2. (slang) The anus.
    • You were a nicelooking Miriam when you clipped off your backgate hairs and lay swooning in the thing across the bed as Mrs Dandrade, about to be violated by Lieutenant Smythe-Smythe, […]1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 15: Circe]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], pages 502–503
    • I put on a condom and put my dick at his entrance, then pushed it forward. It was now at his backgate and he had to let me in.1996 July 24, <an479917@anon.penet.fi>, “STORY: Good Luck Streak/Part 2”, in alt.sex.stories.gay (Usenet), via Google Groups, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2026
    Synonyms:
    back door

Also used as

backgate is also the alternative form of back gate.

Examples of backgate in a sentence

  • None of this backgate business in them days.2001 September 27, Trampus <babydriver2@postmaster.co.uk>, “Re: Senator Clinton 'heartened' by British support”, in uk.politics.misc...
  • Once Renchit's "backgate" is battered open & hanging agape, it is no challenge at all to "treat" him to some not too friendly fisting!2008, The Hun [pseudonym; Bill Schmeling], Gohr, number 4, →ISBN, page 19:

Synonyms of backgate

Forms of backgate

pluralbackgates
alternative formback-gate

Origin of backgate

From back + gate.

Words formed from backgate

Questions about backgate

What does backgate mean?
Backgate means a gate that supplies a negative voltage.
How do you use backgate in a sentence?
None of this backgate business in them days.
What part of speech is backgate?
Backgate is a noun.
What is the plural of backgate?
The plural of backgate is backgates.

Words near backgate in the dictionary

  1. backgammoned
  2. backgammoner
  3. backgammoners
  4. backgammoning
  5. backgammons
  6. backgate
  7. backgated
  8. backgates
  9. backglass
  10. backglasses
  11. backgrind

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