Blowback Definition

blōbăk

blowback

noun

The backpressure in an internal-combustion engine or a boiler.

American Heritage

The unforeseen negative consequences of an action or decision.

Webster's New World

Powder residue that is released upon automatic ejection of a spent cartridge or shell from a firearm.

American Heritage

Negative repercussions affecting a country whose government has undertaken a usually clandestine intelligence operation in another country.

American Heritage

(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.

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blowback

Plural:

blowbacks

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