blowback

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim 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.

   “The Israeli UZI submachine gun, one the most easily recognized examples of a blowback firearm, is well known for its simplicity, ease of manufacture, low maintenance, and utter reliability.”

2. isim An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political action.

   “It is a story about blowback from Sunni Islamist extremists who went to Syria from various Arab countries and were allowed to assemble there in the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.”

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

   “Paranoid I was being ripped off, I 'tested' the potency of the skunk on a wasp by trapping it under a glass, and giving it a blowback.”

4. isim On a steam locomotive, the reversal of exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.

   “The Boulogne stop lasted a few minutes, during which I was surprised to see no use was made of the blower. In this country, if you shut the regulator without the blower on, the odds are there will be a blowback.”

5. isim Synonym of backscatter.