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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  blowback \blowback\ n.
     1. the backward escape of unburned gunpowder after a shot.
        [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  blowback
       n 1: the backward escape of unburned gunpowder after a shot
       2: misinformation resulting from the recirculation into the
          source country of disinformation previously planted abroad
          by that country's intelligence service

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  blowback
     n.
     1 (lb en 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.
     2 An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political
  action.
     3 (lb en slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and
  exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
     4 (lb en rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of
  exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
     5 (lb en computing) (syn of en backscatter).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  blowback
     n.
     1 (lb en 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.
     2 An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political
  action.
     3 (lb en slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and
  exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
     4 (lb en rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of
  exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
     5 (lb en computing) (syn of en backscatter).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  blowback
     n.
     1 (lb en 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.
     2 An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political
  action.
     3 (lb en slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and
  exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
     4 (lb en rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of
  exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
     5 (lb en computing) (syn of en backscatter).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  blowback
     n.
     1 (lb en 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.
     2 An unintended adverse result, especially of covert political
  action.
     3 (lb en slang) The act of shotgunning (inhaling from a pipe etc. and
  exhaling into another smoker's mouth).
     4 (lb en rail transport) On a steam locomotive, the reversal of
  exhaust gases when the regulator is closed without using the blower.
     5 (lb en computing) (syn of en backscatter).

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Blowback /blˈəʊbak/
  الهروب الرجعي للبارود الغير محترق بعد

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  blowback /blˈəʊbak/
   [Am.] Rückstoßlader 
     Synonyms: recoil-operated autoloader, blowback gun
  
   see: gun, guns, tranquilizer gun, stun gun, breech-loader, breechloader, matchlock gun, repeating gun, repeater, magazine gun, percussion gun, flintlock gun, cane gun, muzzle-loader, muzzleloader
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  blowback /blˈəʊbak/
  Rückschlag  [phys.]
   see: flame blowback, blowback
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  blowback /blˈəʊbak/
  Rückschlagzündung , Zurückknallen , Patschen 
           Note: Verbrennungsmotor
   see: blowback, flame blowback
  
           Note: internal-combustion engine

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  blow-back /blˈəʊ bˈak/
  Rückstoß 
           Note: einer Schusswaffe
     Synonyms: recoil, kick
  

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  blowback /blˈəʊbak/
  1. top atışında arkaya gelen gazlar.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     后座; 逆吹; 回闪

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