flameout
flameout · flameouts
The act of flaming out or burning outThe act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner.
The company was one of Silicon Valley's more famous dot-com flameouts.
(countable, uncountable)The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel or airflow).
The left engine suffered a flameout from ingesting heavy rain.
Origin
Deverbal from flame out.Deverbal from flame out.
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Forms
plural: flameoutsAntonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable