also blow-out
1.
A ~ 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 ~.
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2.
If you have a ~ 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 ~ in an amount or a price is a sudden increase in it. (AUSTRALIAN JOURNALISM)
...a ~ in surgery costs.
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