BLOWBACK

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


Etymology

Noun

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).

Synonyms

• (unintended adverse result): fallout

Source: Wiktionary



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