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backfire meaning in Kannada

ಬ್ಯಾಕ್ಫೈರ್

/ˈbækfaɪə(ɹ)/

backfire in Kannada: ಬ್ಯಾಕ್ಫೈರ್, ಹಿಂಬದಿ ಗುಂಡಿನ ದಾಳಿ. 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.

Kannada words for backfire

ಬ್ಯಾಕ್ಫೈರ್, ಹಿಂಬದಿ ಗುಂಡಿನ ದಾಳಿ

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.

Synonyms of backfire

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Questions about backfire in Kannada

What is the meaning of backfire in Kannada?
Backfire in Kannada is ಬ್ಯಾಕ್ಫೈರ್, ಹಿಂಬದಿ ಗುಂಡಿನ ದಾಳಿ.
backfire ಪದದ ಕನ್ನಡ ಅರ್ಥ ಏನು?
Backfire: ಬ್ಯಾಕ್ಫೈರ್, ಹಿಂಬದಿ ಗುಂಡಿನ ದಾಳಿ.
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

Kannada 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 Kannada words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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