BLOW-OUT

Definition: BLOW-OUT

BLOW-OUT

Noun

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

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "BLOW-OUT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1840. (references)

Crosswords: BLOW-OUT

Specialty definitions using "BLOW-OUT": blow-out preventer ♦ haircutter ♦ TESTER, MOTORS AND CONTROLS, tonsorial artist. (references)

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	Ouray, Colorado, from Blow-out Canyon. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

"BLOW-OUT" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "BLOW-OUT" is used about 11 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	11	106,044

Language		Translations for "BLOW-OUT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		漏气 (blow-by). (various references)

Danish		sprængning (blasting, burst, detonation, shotfiring), slange (serpent, snake, tube). (various references)

Dutch		klappen (click, hit, knock, rattle, strike). (various references)

Finnish		sulakkeen palaminen. (various references)

French		sans-gêne, rupture des nappes, éclatement (blow out). (various references)

German		Platzen (burst, explode), Luftschlange (streamer), Ausbruch (eruption, outbreak, outburst, raptures). (various references)

Greek		σκάσιμο ελαστικού (burst), αφέλειες. (various references)

Hungarian		zajos dáridó, zabálás (gluttony, gorge, stuffing), szétpukkadás, nagyolvasztó kifúvása, lakomázás, kipukkadás (bursting), gumidefekt (blow out, flat, flat tire, puncture), eszem-iszom (spread), durrdefekt, dőzsölés (bummer, roistering), ívoltás. (various references)

Italian		scoppio del pneumatico (burst), sans-gêne. (various references)

Pig Latin		ow-outblay.(various references)

Portuguese		rebentação (breakers, surf), língua da sogra. (various references)

Spanish		sans-gêne, reventón (burst). (various references)

Swedish		aerosolförpackning (air blow-out). (various references)

Thai		มียางรถแตกหรือระเบิด (have a blow-out), จัดงานสังสรรค์ (have a blow-out). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự nổ lốp xe. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: blowout.
	Words within the letters "b-l-o-o-t-u-w"
	-3 letters: blot, blow, bolo, bolt, boot, bout, bowl, lobo, loot, lout, obol, tolu, tool, wool.
	-4 letters: boo, bot, bow, but, lob, loo, lot, low, oot, out, owl, too, tow, tub, two, woo, wot.
	-5 letters: bo, lo, ow, to, ut, wo.
	Words containing the letters "b-l-o-o-t-u-w"
	+1 letter: blowouts.
	+4 letters: counterblow.
	+5 letters: counterblows.
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BLOW-OUT

Definition: BLOW-OUT

BLOW-OUT

Noun

Crosswords: BLOW-OUT

Photo Album: BLOW-OUT

Usage Frequency: BLOW-OUT

Modern Translation: BLOW-OUT

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Anagrams: BLOW-OUT

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