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noun

blowout n.

A gay or lavish festivity. (colloq.)

Synonyms: gala, gala affair, jamboree.

The sudden deflation of an inflatable tire due to a puncture or rupture, often accompanied by a bang.

The sudden escape of gas or liquid confined under pressure, such as in a gas or oil well, or in a system containing pressurized air or steam.

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Etymology of 'Blowout'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Blowout" Quotes from Famous Books

... it up as an unpleasant detail and turned to the girl. "It's storming something fierce," he told her in an exceedingly matter-of-fact way, "but I think it'll let up by daylight so we can tackle it. Right now it's out of the question; so we'll have another supper—a regular blowout this time, with coffee and biscuits and all those luxuries. How are ...

— The Long Shadow • B. M. Bower

... was coming through, and Blowout was to be a city with that mysterious and rather disconcerting abruptness with which tiny Western villages do ...

— The Wit and Humor of America, Volume VIII (of X) • Various

... over the zenith, the thunder rattled as if it would rend the welkin, the wind began to blow in short-lived puffs, as if making preparations for a regular "blowout;" the men were stationed at the halliards, fore and aft, waiting with intense anxiety the result, and the captain was pacing the quarter-deck, looking as savage as a hungry bull-dog, and determined to show that he was not to be frightened by squibs, but would ...

— Jack in the Forecastle • John Sherburne Sleeper

... are!" announced the Captain, after a ride of about four hours in the car, during which time no worse mishap occurred than a blowout, and for this the chauffeur was ready with an already inflated "spare," so little time was lost ...

— The Girl Scout Pioneers - or Winning the First B. C. • Lillian C Garis

Words linked to "Blowout" : victory, shoo-in, gala affair, jamboree, celebration, laugher, romp, triumph, blow out