Sekirov Dictionary

back door

noun 7
verb 4
adjective 3
forms 4

noun7

A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.
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A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
- Scoring three goals at home should guarantee you three points, but when you go on the attack a little bit more, you leave the back door open. That's not always a good idea with this team. — 2021
A secret means of access to a program or system.
(slang, euphemistic) The anus (usually in sexual practices).
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(slang, euphemistic) Anal sex.
- Oh, don't be so judgmental. You could use a little back door. — 1998
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(informal) The rear side of the hole, furthest from the golfer.
- Sometimes the ball will curve around and enter from the back-door. — 2010

verb4

To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
To add a backdoor (a secret means of access) to a program or system.
(slang) To betray (someone); to double-cross (someone); to set (someone) up; to take advantage of (someone's) trust.
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.

adjective3

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Achieved through indirect means.
- Lately there's been a lot of back door pressure on me to step down.
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Requiring consecutive cards on the turn and river to be achieved.
- The flop had the ace of spades, queen of spades, and two of diamonds, and I was holding the king of spades and the three of hearts. I bet big, hoping for a jack and a ten to make my back door straight-draw, or a spade to make my back door flush-draw. But when the turn card was the five of clubs, I had to fold.
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(US) The path of a pitch which starts outside and then slides over the plate.
- He has a nasty back door slider.

forms

back doored · back dooring · back doors · back-doors

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