English Dictionary

blowout

/ˈbloʊaʊt/

noun

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.

I had a blowout on the highway and had to change my tire.

意味（1）

A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.

意味（2）

A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.

意味（3）

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

Feathers were deeply ruffled when it became known that the BHC had been in town and taken me out for a meal without hosting a big blowout for all the local Brits. I didn't frequent the hotel bar, and by then, accepted few invitations to parties ...

意味（4）

(slang) A large or extravagant meal.

The dining room at Alain Ducasse's flagship Paris restaurant gleams with 10,000 crystals, confirming that this is the flashiest place in town for a blowout meal.

意味（5）

(slang, sports) A sporting contest that is decidedly one-sided and whose outcome is no longer in doubt.

The game between the two teams was nothing but a blowout.

意味（6）

(slang) An argument; an altercation.

The day my aunt and I had talked was just as vivid to me now as it had been eight years ago, when I'd had a blowout with my mother over my decision to go to school in Tucson rather than staying safely up here in northern Arizona.

意味（7）

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

意味（8）

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

意味（9）

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

意味（10）

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

意味（11）

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

Get a blowout! Your hair is one of the first things a guy will notice because, hello, it's right at eye level. So take the time to do it right. No ponytails. No frizzy disasters. Wear your hair down.