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Definition of Blowout

1. Noun. An easy victory.

2. Noun. A sudden malfunction of a part or apparatus. "As a result of the blowout we lost all the lights"

3. Noun. A gay festivity.

Definition of Blowout

1. n. The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.

Definition of Blowout

1. Noun. a sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre / tire ¹

2. Noun. a sudden release of oil and gas from a well ¹

3. Noun. a social function, especially one with large quantities of food ¹

4. Noun. ''(sports slang)'' A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt. Often occurs when one team is superior to the other. ¹

5. Noun. (geology) A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind. ¹

6. Noun. (Australia) an extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blowout

1. a sudden rupture [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blowout

blown-up blown-up(a) blown away blown diffuser blown diffusers blown off steam blown one's load blown save blown saves blown the whistle

blown up blown up(p) blownup blowoff blowoffs blowout (current term) blowout coil blowout coils blowout pipette blowout preventer

blowouts blowpipe blowpipes blowpoint blows blows away blows off steam blows one's load blows the whistle blows up

Literary usage of Blowout

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electrical Equipment, Its Selection and Arrangement: With Special Reference by Harold Warner Brown (1917)
"In this case the series element is a resistance rod made of carborundum, and the blowout is an electromagnet connected in parallel with a part of ..."

2. Deep Well Drilling: The Principles and Practices of Deep Well Drilling, and by Walter Henry Jeffrey (1921)
"blowout Preventer. accurate depth of his hole and also to preserve a correct log of the well. The man up in the derrick should be protected from falling by ..."

3. Best in the Long Run: What? Goodrich Pneumatic Tires : Embracing the History by B.F. Goodrich Company (1918)
"blowout Patches. "Accidents will happen in the best regulated families;" likewise, ... blowout patches in several types are designed to provide a temporary ..."

4. Report of the State Geologist by Erwin Hinckley Barbour, F. A. Carmony (1903)
"So later they naturally have reverses to report. Fig. 113.—blowout and core, Arikaree formation. Eagle crag, Sioux county, Neb. ..."

5. A History of Oil- and Gas-Well Blowouts in California: 1950-1990 by Robert L. Hauser, William F. Guerard, Jr. (1996)
"Most commonly, a blowout happens when there is insufficient pressure in a well ... A kick can be the beginning of a blowout. When a kick is detected during ..."

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