Blowoff
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 Something that is blown off.
"It is evident that if the outlet pipes were only of the same total area as the blowoff from the boiler the pressure in the tank would very soon equal that in the boiler ."
- 2 The explosive separation of part of a rocket etc in order to prevent its destruction and allow for retrieval
- 3 The act of blowing off (steam, water, atmosphere, etc.)
"All blowoffs were effected by slowly decreasing the burner pressure at intervals of air temperature, airflow, and fuel flow."
- 4 A line or pipe for draining a siphon (for cleaning, inspection, etc.)
"The blowoff line runs from the lowest water drum, or mud drum, as it is commonly known, to the sewer , river or circulating water discharge ."
- 5 The removal of excess foam and carbon dioxide from the fermentation vessel during the active fermentation stage.
"I performed several experiments to determine the effect of the blowoff method of fermentation on bitterness, protein, and higher alcohols."
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- 6 A period of rapid and usually unsustainable increase (or, sometimes, decrease) in market prices.
"Often this throwing-in-the-towel mentality is pure crowd following and results in entry at the blowoff phase of the trend ."
- 7 A curt or uninterested dismissal; a failure to respond adequately.
"He tried to get it fixed but they gave him the blowoff."
- 8 The stage in a con game in which one gets rid of the mark after taking his or her money.
"Then comes the blowoff, by which they get rid of him ."
- 9 The exit of a crowd from a circus or carnival act.
"The most dramatic blowoff I have witnessed was at the single-O side-show featuring Atasha the Gorilla Girl, which actually frightened patrons out of the show."
- 10 An extra attraction offered to the audience of a sideshow or carnival act, usually hidden behind a curtain and requiring an additional payment; aftershow.
"Not in the girlie shows, stripping naked for the yokenecks who give up a couple of bucks for the blowoff. The aftershow."
- 11 A finale.
"All the way, we played cards, smoked, and laughed over how Gloria and this other skater got in this fight for every night's blowoff ."
- 12 A fight that marks the culmination of a long period of antagonism.
"The blowoff came when Johnny went to bat again in the sixth frame ."
- 13 An outburst of temper or excitement. colloquial
"Besides, I had come down for rest and the kind of blowoff a man needs after five months of being snowed in and working his tail off."
- 14 An act of oral sex.
"It was a general saying that lumberjacks talked of their town experiences in the campa and that they did their expert logging in the saloons and in the houses of prostitution. Blowoffs before the ladies ."
- 15 A fart. UK, slang
- 16 A class that does not require much effort to pass; a course where one does not have to work.
"And finally, if you think this is going to be an easy, blowoff class, you're sorely mistaken."
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More examples"It is evident that if the outlet pipes were only of the same total area as the blowoff from the boiler the pressure in the tank would very soon equal that in the boiler ."
Etymology
Deverbal from blow off.
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