blowback

== English == === Alternative forms === blow-back === Etymology === Deverbal from blow back. === Pronunciation === === 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 covert political action. Synonym: fallout (slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth). (rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower. (computing) Synonym of backscatter. ==== Derived terms ==== karmic blowback ==== Related terms ==== (firearm action): blow forward ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === blowback (firearms) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia blowback (intelligence) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia blowback (steam engine) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia “blowback”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.