Associations to the word «Blowback»

BLOWBACK, noun. (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.

BLOWBACK, noun. An unintended adverse result, especially of a political action.

BLOWBACK, noun. (slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and exhaling into another smoker's mouth).

BLOWBACK, noun. The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired.

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