backdoor
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English
Definitions
noun
- A subsidiary entrance to a building or house at its rear, normally away from the street.
- A means of access, often secret and unprotected, to something.
- A secret means of access to a program or system.
- A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van.
verb
- To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed.
- 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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Synonyms
behind-the-scenesloopholetunnelshadowbackstageundercovercovertdisguisedclandestinehiddenillicitbackdoorshacksurreptitioustrojanhoneypot