Meaning of BLOW OUT
| Pronunciation: | | blowawt
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | [v] melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" |
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| | Synonyms: | | blow, burn out |
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| | See Also: | | break, break down, conk out, die, fail, give out, give way, go, go bad | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Blow"-out`\, n.
The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a
blast of steam.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | (Probably from mining and tunnelling jargon) Of software, to fail spectacularly; almost as serious as crash and burn. See blow past, blow up, die horribly. [jargon file] |
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| | Related Terms: | | backfire, belch, blast, blow, blow open, blow up, break out, burst, burst forth, burst out, bust, cast forth, choke, clean out, clear, clear away, clear off, clear out, clear the decks, damp, debouch, decant, defecate, deplete, detonate, discharge, disembogue, disgorge, douse, drain, drain out, ejaculate, eject, eliminate, empty, empty out, eruct, erupt, evacuate, exhaust, expel, explode, extinguish, extravasate, find vent, fire, flow, flow out, fulminate, go off, gush, gush out, hurl forth, jet, let off, out, outflow, outpour, pour, pour forth, pour out, purge, put out, quench, remove, run out, scour out, send forth, send out, set off, shoot, slack, sluice out, smother, snuff, snuff out, spew, spew out, spout, spout out, spurt, squirt, stamp out, stifle, surge, sweep out, throw out, touch off, unclog, unfoul, vent, void, vomit, vomit forth, well, well out |
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