washout
IPA: wˈɑʃaʊt
noun
- An act of washing or cleaning the inside of something.
- An appliance designed to wash out the inside of something.
- The erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water; also, a channel produced by this action.
- (originally US, rail transport, road transport) A breach in a railway or road caused by flooding.
- (slang)
- A sporting fixture or other event that cannot be completed because of rain.
- An overwhelming victory; a landslide.
- A total failure; a disappointment.
- An unsuccessful person.
- (aviation)
- (aeronautics) The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing.
- (Britain, air force slang) A destroyed aeroplane.
- (Britain, originally air force slang) A trainee who drops out of a training programme.
- (medicine)
- A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to be eliminated from a person's body before the second treatment begins.
- (also biology) The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid; also, the fluid used for such cleaning; or the matter cleaned out from the system.
- (meteorology) The action whereby falling rainwater cleans particles from the air.
- (mining) A place in a mine where ore has been washed away by a flow of water.
wash out
IPA: wˈɑʃˈaʊt
verb
- To wash the inside of something.
- To remove something by washing.
- To be removed by washing.
- (idiomatic) To wear away by the flow of water; to erode.
- (idiomatic) To cancel due to bad weather.
- (idiomatic) To lose traction while going around a turn, especially in cycling, motorsports and skiing/snowboarding.
wash-out
IPA: wˈɑʃˈaʊt
noun
- Alternative form of washout [An act of washing or cleaning the inside of something.]