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dust-out

dust-out noun: dust cloud that impairs vision.

Noun

dust-out (plural dust-outs)

  1. dust cloud that impairs vision.
    • Wade will tell you the truck forced him off the road, but what really happened was that in the total dust-out after the truck passed (“I couldn't even see the speedo”), he turned early for the next corner, running off the road.2014, Philip Atkinson Wade Stubbs, CIRCLE TO CIRCLE: Adventure Riding Across the World, →ISBN
    • ...whiteouts and silty dust-outs, the mosquito body stockings, and the rancid stench of briny lakes all became part of life.2013, Janet Richards, Crossing the River Sorrow: One Nurse's Story, →ISBN, page 156
  2. A prankster who misleads others.
    • Even then, shirkers and dust-outs must expect to answer to the law for thumbing their noses at the U.S.1972, Editorials on File - Volume 3, Part 1, page 37
  3. Cleanup.
    • The place needs a good dust-out.2014, James Tiptree Jr., Brightness Falls From the Air, →ISBN

Forms of dust-out

pluraldust-outs

Questions about dust-out

What does dust-out mean?
Dust-out means dust cloud that impairs vision.
What part of speech is dust-out?
Dust-out is a noun.
What is the plural of dust-out?
The plural of dust-out is dust-outs.

Words near dust-out in the dictionary

  1. dust-devils
  2. dust-free
  3. Dust-Hole
  4. dust-off
  5. dust-offs
  6. dust-out
  7. dust-outs
  8. dust-ridden
  9. dust-tight
  10. dust-up
  11. dust-ups

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