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99%7Exact Match!
noun

• a practical joke that involves inserting a match surreptitiously between the sole and upper of the victim's shoe and then lighting it

adverb

• without delay; speedily

verb

• move hurridly

38%8 Playing prank after prank
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19%8 When a prank turns against the prankster
noun

• the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired

• a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine

• a fire that is set intentionally in order to slow an approaching forest fire or grassfire by clearing a burned area in its path

• a miscalculation that recoils on its maker

verb

• come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect

• emit a loud noise as a result of undergoing a backfire

• set a controlled fire to halt an advancing forest to prairie fire

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New York Times18 Sep 1976 Across 57
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