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Backdoor

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

📖 Definitions of "Backdoor"

noun

1
A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
2
A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
3
A secret means of access to a program or system.
4
A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.

verb

1
To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
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.

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