blowouts

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
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
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.
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

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