washout

1. (countable, uncountable)An act of washing or cleaning the inside of something.

   Auswaschung

2. (countable, uncountable)An appliance designed to wash out the inside of something.

   The cistern was fitted with washouts and air-valves.

3. (countable, uncountable)The erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water; also, a channel produced by this action.

   the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water

4. The erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water; also, a channel produced by this action.

   (countable, uncountable)A breach in a railway or road caused by flooding.

5. (countable, slang, uncountable)A sporting fixture or other event that cannot be completed because of rain.

6. (countable, slang, uncountable)An overwhelming victory; a landslide.

7. (countable, slang, uncountable)A total failure; a disappointment.

8. (countable, slang, uncountable)An unsuccessful person.

   As an actor he was a complete washout, so he went back to accounting.

   неуда́чникneudáčnik

   лу́зерlúzer, невда́хаnevdáxa

   someone who is unsuccessful

9. (countable, uncountable)The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing.

10. (UK, countable, uncountable)A destroyed aeroplane.

11. (UK, countable, uncountable)A trainee who drops out of a training programme.

12. (countable, uncountable)A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to be eliminated from a person's body before the second treatment begins.

1. You're a washout in the kitchen.

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