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Word: blowback (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • An unintended adverse result, especially of a political action.
  • firearms A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer.
  • slang The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).

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