blowout

A sudden puncturing of a pneumatic tyre/tire.

A sudden release of oil and gas from a well.

A social function, especially one with large quantities of food.slang

• Feathers were deeply ruffled when it became known that the BHC had been in town and taken me out for a meal without hosting a big blowout for all the local Brits. I didn't frequent the hotel bar, and by then, accepted few invitations to par
• Chloe's lips formed a thin line, and she guided her sister a few feet away from Aubrey and Erik, her hooker heels sinking into the shells a little as they went. "C'mon, Jane. Erik's cousin is a Barnie and is hosting a blowout tonight. The p

A large or extravagant meal.slang

• […] but really swank blowouts are reported to serve even more exotic dishes. Bear paws, for instance; duck feet, unborn mice, and in Canton, puppy dogs.
• Regarding the sacred nature of communal blowouts […]

A contest that is decidedly one-sided; an overwhelming victory or defeat.slang

• The game between the two teams was nothing but a blowout.

An argument; an altercation.slang

• The day my aunt and I had talked was just as vivid to me now as it had been eight years ago, when I'd had a blowout with my mother over my decision to go to school in Tucson rather than staying safely up here in northern Arizona.

A sandy depression in a sand dune ecosystem caused by the removal of sediments by wind.

An extreme and unexpected increase in costs, such as in government estimates for a project.Australia

An act of defecation in which an incontinent person, usually an infant or toddler, produces a large amount of excrement that causes their diaper to overflow and leak.

The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam.