Dustout
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A cloud of dust or duststorm that creates conditions of inadequate visibility. countable, uncountable
"Hundreds of Kanker's troops would have to be thrown into the job of plugging the holes, a difficult task under ideal conditions, but a pig of a task in a “dustout”."
- 2 A prankster who misleads others by giving false or exaggerated information. countable, uncountable
"This was a sight check, to see if he looked like some dustout or merely sounded like one."
- 3 Fallout; the event of small dust particles falling to the ground in sufficient quantities that they cause a problem. countable, uncountable
"The levels of activity in atmospheric fallout were determined in rain and dustout was collected on vaseline-coated sheets."
Example
More examples"Hundreds of Kanker's troops would have to be thrown into the job of plugging the holes, a difficult task under ideal conditions, but a pig of a task in a “dustout”."
Etymology
From dust + out.
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