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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



... Christmas, Miss Meadows en Miss Motts en de gals, dey up'n say dat dey 'd sorter gin a blowout, en dey got wud ter ole man Benjermun Ram w'ich dey 'speckted 'im fer ter be on han'. W'en de time done come fer Mr. Benjermun Ram fer ter start, de win' blow cole en de cloud 'gun ter spread out 'cross de elements—but no marter fer dat; ...
— Nights With Uncle Remus - Myths and Legends of the Old Plantation • Joel Chandler Harris


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


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