petardear — meaning in English

English meaning

• backfire verb Of an engine or gun, to ignite or explode unexpectedly in the wrong direction, often with a loud pop.
• finagle verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
• swindle verb To cheat someone out of money or property through deception.

Senses

petardear is used for these senses in English:

• backfire (of a reciprocating engine, intransitive) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
• finagle (ambitransitive) To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)
• swindle (transitive) To defraud.
• swindle (ambitransitive) To obtain (money or property) by fraudulent or deceitful methods.

backfire — full definition

1. verb Of an engine or gun, to ignite or explode unexpectedly in the wrong direction, often with a loud pop.
2. verb To produce the opposite result to the one intended, making the situation worse.

finagle — full definition

1. verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by indirect, complicated and/or intensive efforts.
2. verb To obtain, arrange, or achieve by deceitful methods, by trickery.
3. verb To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods. (often with "out of" preceding the object)

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