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backfire meaning in Gujarati

બેકફાયર

/ˈbækfaɪə(ɹ)/

backfire in Gujarati: બેકફાયર, બેકફાયર કરવા માટે. In English, backfire means a premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.

Gujarati words for backfire

બેકફાયર, બેકફાયર કરવા માટે

English meaning of backfire

  1. noun A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
  2. noun An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
  3. noun An explosion in other equipment.
  4. verb Of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc., to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.

Full definition of backfire

backfire in a sentence

  • His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars backfired horribly when fuel prices tripled.
  • Her plan backfired on her.

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Questions about backfire in Gujarati

What is the meaning of backfire in Gujarati?
Backfire in Gujarati is બેકફાયર, બેકફાયર કરવા માટે.
backfire નો ગુજરાતી અર્થ શું છે?
Backfire: બેકફાયર, બેકફાયર કરવા માટે.
What does backfire mean in English?
Backfire means a premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.

Source and license

Gujarati words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “backfire”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: backfire (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Gujarati words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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