blowback
(noun) misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country’s intelligence service
blowback, backfire
(noun) the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
Source: WordNet® 3.1
blowback (countable and uncountable, plural blowbacks)
(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.
An unintended adverse result, especially of a political action.
Synonym: fallout
(slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower; see Blowback (steam engine).
• (unintended adverse result): fallout
Source: Wiktionary
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
