What does "blowout" mean?
A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
Blowout
/ˈbloʊaʊt/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
- Grammar: blowout is listed as noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: backfire, ball, bang, banquet.
- Useful contrasts: close game, intactness, meager.
- Usage evidence: Feathers were deeply ruffled when it became known that the BHC had been in town and taken me out for a meal without hosting a big blowout for all the local Brits. I didn't frequent the hotel bar, and by then, accepted few invitations to parties ...
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
- 2 a gay festivity wordnet
- 3 A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
- 4 a sudden malfunction of a part or apparatus wordnet
- 5 A social function, especially one with large quantities of food. slang
"Feathers were deeply ruffled when it became known that the BHC had been in town and taken me out for a meal without hosting a big blowout for all the local Brits. I didn't frequent the hotel bar, and by then, accepted few invitations to parties ..."
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- 6 an easy victory wordnet
- 7 A large or extravagant meal. slang
"The dining room at Alain Ducasse's flagship Paris restaurant gleams with 10,000 crystals, confirming that this is the flashiest place in town for a blowout meal."
- 8 A contest that is decidedly one-sided; an overwhelming victory. slang
"The game between the two teams was nothing but a blowout."
- 9 An argument; an altercation. slang
"The day my aunt and I had talked was just as vivid to me now as it had been eight years ago, when I'd had a blowout with my mother over my decision to go to school in Tucson rather than staying safely up here in northern Arizona."
- 10 A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
- 11 An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project. Australia
- 12 An act of defecation in which an incontinent person, usually an infant or toddler, produces a large amount of excrement that causes their diaper to overflow and leak.
- 13 The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
- 14 An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.
- 15 An instance of having one's hair blow-dried and styled.
"Get a blowout! Your hair is one of the first things a guy will notice because, hello, it's right at eye level. So take the time to do it right. No ponytails. No frizzy disasters. Wear your hair down."
- 16 The blurring of a tattoo due to ink penetrating too far into the skin and dispersing.
- 17 The damage done to the exit side of a drilled hole or sawn edge when no sacrificial backerboard is used during the drilling or sawing: the drill bit's or sawblade's exit on the far side causes chips of wood to be broken from the edge.
- 18 a party (such as a birthday party) Philippines
- 19 Synonym of taper fade.
- 20 Synonym of blowout sale.
Antonyms
Example
"Feathers were deeply ruffled when it became known that the BHC had been in town and taken me out for a meal without hosting a big blowout for all the local Brits. I didn't frequent the hotel bar, and by then, accepted few invitations to parties ..."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "blowout"?
Common synonyms include: backfire, ball, bang, banquet, bash, bash.
How do you use "blowout" in a sentence?
Feathers were deeply ruffled when it became known that the BHC had been in town and taken me out for a meal without hosting a big blowout for all the local Brits. I didn't frequent the hotel bar, and by then, accepted few invitations to parties ...
How do you pronounce "blowout"?
Pronounced /ˈbloʊaʊt/.
Etymology
Deverbal from blow out.