transcription, транскрипция: [ bloʊaʊt ]
also blow-out
( blowouts)
1.
A blowout is a large meal, often a celebration with family or friends, at which people may eat too much. ( INFORMAL )
Once in a while we had a major blowout.
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2.
If you have a blowout while you are driving a car, one of the tyres suddenly bursts.
A lorry travelling south had a blow-out and crashed.
= puncture
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3.
A blowout in an amount or a price is a sudden increase in it. ( AUSTRALIAN JOURNALISM )
...a blowout in surgery costs.
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