back door vs rearward

back door

noun
  • A rear side door of a car, or at the back of a van. 

  • The anus, generally used in reference to anal sex. 

  • The rear side of the hole, furthest from the golfer. 

  • A secret means of access to a program or system. 

  • 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. 

verb
  • 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. 

  • To attempt to accomplish by indirect means, especially when direct means are proscribed. 

  • to add a backdoor (a secret means of access) to a program or system. 

adj
  • Achieved through indirect means. 

  • The path of a pitch which starts outside and then slides over the plate. 

rearward

noun
  • The part that comes last or is situated in the rear; conclusion, wind-up. 

  • The last troop; the rear of an army; a rear guard. 

adv
  • Toward the back or rear of something. 

adj
  • Toward the back or rear of something. 

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