blowout

Noun

blowout (plural blowouts)

1. A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.
2. A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.
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 ...2015, Trish Nicholson, Inside the Crocodile: The Papua New Guinea Journals, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN
   • Chloe's lips formed a thin line, and she guided her sister a few feet away from Aubrey and Erik, her hooker heels sinking into the shells a little as they went. "C'mon, Jane. Erik's cousin is a Barnie and is hosting a blowout tonight. The party is in Salem"2016, Blayne Cooper, Blind Side of the Moon, Bella Books, →ISBN
4. (slang) A large or extravagant meal.
   • […] but really swank blowouts are reported to serve even more exotic dishes. Bear paws, for instance; duck feet, unborn mice, and in Canton, puppy dogs.1949, Scene: The International East-West Magazine, volumes 1-2, page 33
   • Regarding the sacred nature of communal blowouts […]2003, Herman Pleij, Dreaming of Cockaigne: Medieval Fantasies of the Perfect Life, page 464
5. (slang) A contest that is decidedly one-sided; an overwhelming victory or defeat.
   • The game between the two teams was nothing but a blowout.
   • In World Cup soccer, Mexico defeated Cameroon one to nothing. Or as it's known in soccer, a blowout.2014, Norm Macdonald Live, season 2, episode 12, spoken by Norm Macdonald
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.2014, Christine Pope, Star Crossed, page 141
7. A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.
8. (Australia) An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.
9. 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.

   Synonyms:

   poonami

10. The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.
11. An unsightly flap of skin caused by an ear piercing that is too large.
12. 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.2007, Janis Spindel, How to Date Men: Dating Secrets from America's Top Matchmaker, Penguin, →ISBN, page 55
    • I mean, how did the African sista' who was getting her hair braided in the first movie get a blowout? And the slave trader's shirt wasn't even right! And the look on the African woman's face when she was watching the white ladies pet her "friend" ...2011, Donna Kakonge, PhD Student, The Politics of Black Hair Online Coursebook, →ISBN