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Blowout   /blˈoʊˌaʊt/   Listen
Blowout

noun
1.
An easy victory.  Synonyms: laugher, romp, runaway, shoo-in, walkaway.
2.
A sudden malfunction of a part or apparatus.  "As a result of the blowout we lost all the lights"
3.
A gay festivity.  Synonyms: gala, gala affair, jamboree.





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"Blowout" Quotes from Famous Books



... aw've been cracked an' getten spliced, an' aw've browt yo a dowter; an' as aw've axed some friends o' mine to come to ther drinkin, yo mun side all them tubs an' buy some rum, an' let us have some rum an' teah, an' owt else yo can get us, for we want a gooid blowout. An' wol yo do that, Bessy an' me 'll goa to bed a bit, for we've been up all th' neet an' awm sure shoo must ...
— Yorksher Puddin' - A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the - Pen of John Hartley • John Hartley
... colonel, if you don't believe my word, you can search me from head to foot, and you will find that those pistols are my only weapons. And I haven't even got them, since there they are on your table. Better still, take one in each hand, post yourself between the First Consul and me, and blowout my brains at the first suspicious move I make. Will that ...
— The Companions of Jehu • Alexandre Dumas, pere


Words linked to "Blowout" :   blow out, triumph, festivity, celebration, malfunction, victory


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