blowback

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
2. (countable, uncountable) An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.
3. (countable, slang, uncountable) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
4. (countable, uncountable) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
5. (countable, uncountable) Synonym of backscatter.

Synonyms

backfire

backlash

backseat

backwash

boomerang

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rebound

reversal

reverse

setback

whammy

backlbow

backstand

blowback action

black-out of flyback

Translations

الهروب الرجعي للبارود الغير محترق بعد طلقة

تشغيل بالارتداد الغازي؛ ارتداد غازي

ارتداد غازي

فَرْقَعَة

ανάφλεξη

recul

retour de flamme

fonctionnement par refoulement des gaz

retour de bâton

effet boomerang

rechazo

efecto bumeráng

Etymology

Deverbal from blow back.