blowout
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Etymology tree
English blow outdeverb.
English blowout
Deverbal from blow out.
Inflected forms:
form: blowouts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
pos: noun
gloss: A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
pos: noun
gloss: A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: Feathers were deeply ruffled when it became known that the BHC had been in town and taken me out for a meal without hosting a big blowout for all the local Brits. I didn't frequent the hotel bar, and by then, accepted few invitations to parties ...
Chloe's lips formed a thin line, and she guided her sister a few feet away from Aubrey and Erik, her hooker heels sinking into the shells a little as they went. "C'mon, Jane. Erik's cousin is a Barnie and is hosting a blowout tonight. The party is in Salem"
gloss: A large or extravagant meal.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: […] but really swank blowouts are reported to serve even more exotic dishes. Bear paws, for instance; duck feet, unborn mice, and in Canton, puppy dogs.
Regarding the sacred nature of communal blowouts […]
The dining room at Alain Ducasse's flagship Paris restaurant gleams with 10,000 crystals, confirming that this is the flashiest place in town for a blowout meal.
Eating a big blowout meal that probably includes every one of the foods you should be avoiding will trigger more food cravings […]
gloss: A contest that is decidedly one-sided; an overwhelming victory or defeat.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: The game between the two teams was nothing but a blowout.
In World Cup soccer, Mexico defeated Cameroon one to nothing. Or as it's known in soccer, a blowout.
This is not a land of blowouts. It’s a middle ground, and that’s reflected in voter registration rolls. Nearly 2.6 million North Carolinians declare themselves unaffiliated, while just over 2.4 million identify as Democrats and just under 2.2 million as Republicans. We don’t tilt. We teeter.
gloss: An argument; an altercation.
pos: noun
tags: slang
examples: The day my aunt and I had talked was just as vivid to me now as it had been eight years ago, when I'd had a blowout with my mother over my decision to go to school in Tucson rather than staying safely up here in northern Arizona.
gloss: A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
pos: noun
gloss: An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
pos: noun
tags: Australia
gloss: An act of defecation in which an incontinent person, usually an infant or toddler, produces a large amount of excrement that causes their diaper to overflow and leak.
pos: noun
gloss: The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
pos: noun
gloss: An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.
pos: noun
gloss: An instance of having one's hair blow-dried and styled.
pos: noun
examples: Get a blowout! Your hair is one of the first things a guy will notice because, hello, it's right at eye level. So take the time to do it right. No ponytails. No frizzy disasters. Wear your hair down.
I mean, how did the African sista' who was getting her hair braided in the first movie get a blowout? And the slave trader's shirt wasn't even right! And the look on the African woman's face when she was watching the white ladies pet her "friend" ...
A couple of weeks later, I contacted Melissa to get a blowout for my hair because I was going to New York for an interview but I had to be in the city early in the morning. Melissa said I could come to her condo the night before the event.
Go to your local salon and get a blowout. Or put a blue streak in your hair. Or if you're commitment-phobic, get a temporary blue extension braided into your hair.
gloss: The blurring of a tattoo due to ink penetrating too far into the skin and dispersing.
pos: noun
gloss: The damage done to the exit side of a drilled hole or sawn edge when no sacrificial backerboard is used during the drilling or sawing: the drill bit's or sawblade's exit on the far side causes chips of wood to be broken from the edge.
pos: noun
gloss: A party (social gathering), such as a birthday party.
pos: noun
tags: Philippines
gloss: Synonym of taper fade.
pos: noun
gloss: Synonym of blowout sale.
pos: noun
Derived words: blowout coil
blowout preventer
blowout sale
Brazilian blowout
Dominican blowout
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