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/blˈoʊˌaʊt/ Listen

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

... your prettiest. We're goin' up town for something to eat an' to celebrate. I guess we got a celebration comin', seein' as we're going to pull up stakes an' pull our freight from the old burg. An' we won't have to walk. I can borrow a dime from the barber, an' I got enough junk to hock for a blowout." ...

— The Valley of the Moon • Jack London

... sheet piling was driven inside the other two. This one was of steel, and the walls were braced apart by wooden beams ten inches square and fifteen feet apart in both directions. This is one of the largest cofferdams of steel ever driven. As an added precaution against the danger of a blowout by the third stratum of quicksand, which had a static head of 75 feet, 130 ten-inch artesian wells were driven inside the steel cofferdam. Fifty-six similar wells were driven between the steel and the wooden cofferdams ...

— The Industrial Canal and Inner Harbor of New Orleans • Thomas Ewing Dabney

... just gotten in from one of those mysterious voyages of his to parts unknown," he said. "He was delayed in reaching the city, only got in last night, too late to telephone us. Seems he had some cherished scheme of having us his guests at a blowout. Wouldn't mind going if we hadn't asked these people here, for they say his little dinners are something to dream about, they're so unique. Of course, there was nothing else for me to do but to invite him out. ...

— Revelations of a Wife - The Story of a Honeymoon • Adele Garrison