WASHOUT

flop, dud, washout

(noun) someone who is unsuccessful

washout, wash

(noun) the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); “from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water”

washout

(noun) the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water; “it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

washout (plural washouts)

An appliance designed to wash something out.

(biology, medicine) The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.

(medicine) A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to wash out of the person before the second treatment begins.

(meteorology) The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.

A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.

A breach in a road or railway caused by flooding.

The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).

(informal) A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.

A sporting fixture or other event that could not be completed because of rain.

The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing

Anagrams

• outwash

Source: Wiktionary

Wash"out`, n.

Definition: The washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition