- of a rear entrance
- secret; underhanded
backdoor
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backdoor
adjective
- Secret or surreptitious; clandestine: a backdoor romance.
- Devious or underhanded: “Many assail temping as a backdoor way to create a two-tier work force” ( Steven Greenhouse )
- Sports Of or directed toward a player who has slipped behind the opposing defense: a backdoor pass.
noun
- An unofficial and often improper entrance or channel: Most of the campaign money came through the backdoor. Every admissions process has a backdoor.
- A means of access to a computer system that allows unauthorized users to circumvent normal authentication procedures.
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- back′door′
adverb
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Noun
(plural backdoors)
- Alternative spelling of back door.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present backdoors, present participle backdooring, simple past and past participle backdoored)
- Alternative spelling of back door.
Origin
From the phrase back door.
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backdoor - Computer Definition
See back door.
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Sentence Examples
- Private Practice began as a backdoor pilot airing during Grey's Anatomy's third season as a way to exit Kate Walsh's Addison Forbes Montgomery Shepherd from the show.
- Likewise, you may want to try the backdoor approach of working at a studio in a non-acting capacity while keeping an ear to the ground for upcoming productions.
- Although the official site has been offline since September 2005 (due to the threat of litigation), there are backdoor entrances to the original network.
- Maybe there's a backdoor or someone she knows in Hell who can help you.
- There was no backdoor in the kitchen, but Traci had wedged the window over the sink open.
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