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backfire | x |

As a verb backfire

is (of a gun or cannon) to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.

As a noun backfire

is (firefighting).

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

backfire

English

Verb

(backfir)
  • (Of a gun or cannon) to fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
  • To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
    • His attempt to make money by importing luxury cars horribly backfired when fuel prices tripled.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (firefighting)

    • Anagrams

    *

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----