blowout

Plural: blowouts

Noun

• A sudden burst, typically of a tire; a large party.
• an easy victory
• a sudden malfunction of a part or apparatus
  • "the right front tire had a blowout"
  • "as a result of the blowout we lost all the lights"
• a gay festivity
• A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
• A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
• A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.
• A large or extravagant meal.
• A contest that is decidedly one-sided; an overwhelming victory.
• An argument; an altercation.
• A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
• 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.
• 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.
• a party (such as a birthday party)
• Synonym of taper fade.
• Synonym of blowout sale.

Examples

• His strategy suffered a blowout when his opponent blocked all his vowel connections.
• The game between the two teams was nothing but a blowout.

Synonyms

gala, gala affair, jamboree, laugher, romp, runaway, shoo-in, walkaway, blowout sale, poonami, taper fade, tearout