blowout🔊

A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.

A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.

(slang) A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.

(slang) A large or extravagant meal.

(sports) A contest that is decidedly one-sided; an overwhelming victory.

(slang) An argument; an altercation.

(geology) A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.

(AU) An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.

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. +

The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.

An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.

An instance of having one's hair blow-dried and styled.

The blurring of a tattoo due to ink penetrating too far into the skin and dispersing.

(damage at exit side of drilled hole or sawn edge) (woodworking) 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. +

(Philippines) a party {{q|such as a birthday party}}

(taper fade)