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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way.
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- noun A
subsidiary entrance to abuilding orhouse at its rear, normally away from thestreet . - noun A means of
access , often secret and unprotected, to something. - noun computing A secret means of access to a
program orsystem . - noun slang The
anus , generally used in reference to anal sex. - adjective US, baseball The path of a
pitch which starts outside and then slides over theplate . - verb To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are
proscribed . - verb surfing 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 asurfable wave to form.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a secret or underhand means of access (to a place or a position)
- noun an undocumented way to get access to a computer system or the data it contains
- noun an entrance at the rear of a building
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