blowback

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Synonyms: flowback, slowback, blow back, plowback, blow-back, blowball, brownback, blowbang, clawback, low back, blueback

Antonyms: flowback, slowback, blow back, plowback, blow-back, blowball, brownback, blowbang, clawback, low back, blueback

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|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]].
2. {{lb|en|figurative}} An [[unintended]] [[adverse]] [[result]], especially of [[covert]] [[political]] [[action]].
3. {{lb|en|slang}} The act of [[shotgun]]ning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
4. {{lb|en|rail transport}} On a [[steam locomotive]], the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the [[blower]].
5. {{lb|en|computing}} {{syn of|en|backscatter}}.

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