Crossword Solver / Answers / BACKFIRE

Word "BACKFIRE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
Synonyms:
blowback

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect
Synonyms:
backlash, recoil
Examples:
Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a miscalculation that recoils on its maker
Synonyms:
boomerang

Crossword Clues for BACKFIRE

Refine the search results by specifying the filter for clues.
Clue Source Date
Car exhaust explosion
Support may be rife, as is heard from the engine (8)
Rebound adversely (8)
Fail to have the desired effect (8)
Defender to shoot - this is the result of bad timing (8)
Prove counterproductive The Times Concise 13 Jan 2024
Eruption
Boomerang The Telegraph Quick 22 Jun 2023
Have the opposite effect to that intended The Guardian Speedy 07 Aug 2022
Defender has boot out for rebound The Times Cryptic 25 Nov 2021
Rebound (on the originator) The Times Concise 12 Oct 2021
Report of engine trouble — sponsor getting sack
Have exactly the wrong effect Eugene Sheffer 14 Apr 2021
Defender with axe and boomerang The Telegraph Cryptic 09 Apr 2021
Bet on passion in rebound The Telegraph Toughie 16 Apr 2020
Boomerang champion let go The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Mar 2019
Support offered with passion to have adverse effect
Have the opposite effect from what was intended Wall Street Journal 12 Feb 2018
Shoot after defender's rebound The Telegraph Cryptic 06 Jun 2017
Footballer gets to shoot on the rebound Irish Times Crosaire 28 Sep 2016
Fall flat The Washington Post 11 Sep 2016
Work out badly, in a way
Produce an undesired effect
Produce an undesirable result
Defender has boot out for rebound
Boomerang
Street noise.
Refine the search results by specifying the filter for clues.