Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A back-firing; the firing of the charge in the cylinder of an internal-combustion engine before the admission-valve has closed, thus causing an explosion in the admission-passage.
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Examples
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Some of the smith's young men back-shot the bolt and opened the doors, and the boy Setanta stepped in out of the night.
The Coming of Cuculain Standish O'Grady 1887
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I also noticed that the latency numbers-the time it takes the speed test to send data up to a network server and back-shot upwards into thousands of milliseconds.
Macsimum News 2010
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I also noticed that the latency numbers-the time it takes the speed test to send data up to a network server and back-shot upwards into thousands of milliseconds.
MacTech News 2010
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I also noticed that the latency numbers-the time it takes the speed test to send data up to a network server and back-shot upwards into thousands of milliseconds.
PCWorld 2010
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I also noticed that the latency numbers-the time it takes the speed test to send data up to a network server and back-shot upwards into thousands of milliseconds.
PCWorld 2010
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Where was your outrage in these comments when off-duty Deputy Daniel Montana, Jr. back-shot David Rossiter for tossing a cigarette butt out his window which landed on the hood of Brownshirt Montana's car?
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