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Definition of Blowback

1. Noun. The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired.

2. Noun. Misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the source country of disinformation previously planted abroad by that country's intelligence service.

Definition of Blowback

1. Noun. (context: 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. ¹

2. Noun. An unintended adverse result, especially of a political action. ¹

3. Noun. (slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blowback

1. an escape of gases [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blowback

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blowbys blowdart blowdarts blowdown blowdowns blowdryer blowdryers blowe

Literary usage of Blowback

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. State Laws and Ordinances on Firearms (1993)
"Thus, this simple modification to the disconnector together with the configuration of the above design features (blowback operation, firing from the open ..."

2. Federal Firearms Regulations by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"Thus, this simple modification to the disconnector together with the configuration of the above design features (blowback operation, firing from the open ..."

3. Federal Firearms Regulations Reference Guide edited by John W. Magaw (1996)
"The KG-9 is a 9 millimeter caliber, semiautomatic firearm which is blowback operated and which fires from the open bolt position with the bolt incorporating ..."

4. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"blowback may be caused by a defective breech mechanism, a ruptured cartridge case or a faulty primer. 2. Type of weapon operation in which the force of ..."

5. Directory of Eric Resource Collections, 1996 edited by Belinda J. Taheri, Edward Pearce, Carol Boston (1998)
"... University/College consortium members Services: Paper copy reproduction; Microfiche blowback; Search services for university community only (135) ..."

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