backdoor

See also: back door

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English back

English door

English backdoor

From back + door.

Noun

backdoor (plural backdoors)

1. Alternative form of back door.
   • 2021 September 8, “Network News: SWR accused of "backdoor price hikes"”, in RAIL, number 939, page 12:

     South Western Railway is introducing "backdoor price hikes" of "up to 28%" from September 5, claims pressure group SWR Watch, which has asked the operator: "When were you going to tell passengers?"

Related terms

• backdoor pilot
• backdoor progression
• backdoor trots

Translations

backdoor (all definitions) — see back door

Verb

backdoor (third-person singular simple present backdoors, present participle backdooring, simple past and past participle backdoored)

1. Alternative spelling of back door.

Further reading

• backdoor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia