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washout

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wash⋅out

  [wosh-out, wawsh-]
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–noun
1. a washing out of earth, gravel, etc., by water, as from an embankment or a roadway by heavy rain or by a flash flood.
2. the hole, break, or erosion produced by such a washing out.
3. Also, wash-out. Aeronautics. a warp in an airfoil that gives a decrease in the angle of attack toward the tip. Compare washin.
4. rainout.
5. Informal. an utter failure.
6. Informal. a person who has failed a course of training or study: air force washouts.
Origin:
1870–75; n. use of v. phrase wash out

rain⋅out

  [reyn-out]
–noun
1. a contest, performance, or the like, that has been rained out.
2. Also called washout. the removal of radioactive particles or other foreign substances from the atmosphere by precipitation.
Also, rain-out.
Compare fallout.

Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; n. use of v. phrase rain out
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wash·out   (wŏsh'out', wôsh'-)   
n.  

    1. Erosion of a relatively soft surface, such as a roadbed, by a sudden gush of water, as from a downpour or floods.

    2. A channel produced by such erosion.

    3. A total failure or disappointment.

    4. One who fails to measure up to a standard, especially one who fails a course of training or study.

    1. A total failure or disappointment.

    2. One who fails to measure up to a standard, especially one who fails a course of training or study.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Slang Dictionary
washout

  1. n.
    a failure; a fiasco. : The whole project was a washout. A lost cause from beginning to end.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: wash·out
Pronunciation: 'wosh-"aut, 'wäsh-
Function: noun
: the action or process of progressively reducing the concentration of asubstance (as a dye injected into the left ventricle of the heart)
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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