blowout (noun)
1blowout — ► NOUN 1) an occasion when a vehicle tyre bursts or an electric fuse melts. 2) informal a large, lavish meal …
2blowout preventer — noun a device that sits at the surface interface of an oil well, that prevents a blowout from occurring, by closing the orifice allowing material to flow from the oil reservoir out through the shaft. Syn: BOP See Also: blowout …
3blowout — noun ⇨ See also ↑puncture ADJECTIVE ▪ tyre/tire VERB + BLOWOUT ▪ have ▪ What are the chances of having a blowout in a new car? …
4blowout — noun 1. An explosion of a tire or a fuse. Jim s van veered sharply to the right after his car had a blowout. 2. A big party. After graduation from college, my son and his friends staged a huge blowout …
5blowout — noun 1) the steering is automatic in the event of blowouts Syn: puncture, flat tire, burst tire; informal flat 2) informal this meal is our last real blowout Syn: feast, banquet, celebration, party; informal shindig, do, binge …
6blowout — noun 1. an easy victory • Syn: ↑runaway, ↑romp, ↑laugher, ↑shoo in, ↑walkaway • Derivationally related forms: ↑romp (for: ↑romp) …
7blowout — noun a) a sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre / tire The game between the two teams was nothing but a blowout. b) a sudden release of oil and gas from a well …
8blowout — noun Date: 1822 1. a festive social affair 2. a bursting of a container (as a tire) by pressure of the contents on a weak spot 3. an uncontrolled eruption of an oil or gas well 4. an easy or one sided victory 5. a valley or depression created by… …
9blowout 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 …
10blowout — 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… …
