blowback
A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism…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.
Meaning
5 senses(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.
Rückdruck
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable)An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.
(countable, slang, uncountable)The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
(countable, uncountable)On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of backscatter.
- misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service
- the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
- Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding gases created by the ignition of the propellant charge.
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Origin
Deverbal from blow back.Deverbal from blow back.
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Forms
plural: blowbacksSynonyms
3 synonyms- the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired:backfire
Word family
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