blowout

  • 51blowout — noun 1》 an occasion when a vehicle tyre bursts or an electric fuse melts.     ↘an uprush of oil or gas from a well. 2》 informal a large, lavish meal. 3》 N. Amer. informal a decisive win in an election or sporting contest. 4》 US informal an… …

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  • 52blowout — noun (C) 1 a sudden bursting of a tyre: A blow out at this speed could be really dangerous. 2 (usually singular) informal a big expensive meal or large social occasion 3 a sudden uncontrolled escape of oil or gas from a well 4 AmE informal an… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 53blowout — [ˈbləʊaʊt] noun [C] 1) an occasion when a tyre on a moving vehicle suddenly bursts Syn: puncture 2) informal a celebration during which people eat and drink a lot …

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  • 54blowout — blow•out [[t]ˈbloʊˌaʊt[/t]] n. 1) aum a sudden bursting or rupture of an automobile tire 2) a sudden or violent escape of air, steam, or liquid, esp. an uncontrollable escape of oil, gas, or water from a well 3) aer. flame out 4) sts a lavish… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 55blowout — /ˈbloʊaʊt/ (say blohowt) noun 1. a rupture of a motor vehicle tyre. 2. the blowing of a fuse. 3. a sudden or violent escape of air, steam, crude oil or gas from a well, or the like. 4. Economics an excess on the limits of a budget, usually as a… …

  • 56blowout — / bləυaυt/ noun US a rapid sale of the whole of a new stock issue (informal) …

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  • 57blowout — A sudden rupturing of tire body, causing complete loss of air pressure which flattens the tire …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 58blowout — A sudden rupture of the tube of an automobile tire …

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  • 59blowout coil — noun A coil, carrying an electric current, that serves to deflect and thus extinguish an arc formed when the contacts of a switch part to turn off the current …

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  • 60blowout depression —   a small, shallow bowl shaped feature created by wind erosion in coastal and arid areas …

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