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Back door

A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.

📖 Definitions of "Back door"

noun
  1. 1

    A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.

  2. 2

    A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.

  3. 3

    A secret means of access to a program or system.

  4. 4

    A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.

verb
  1. 1

    To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.

  2. 2

    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.

adjective
  1. 1

    The path of a pitch which starts outside and then slides over the plate.

    "He has a nasty back door slider."

  2. 2

    Achieved through indirect means.

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