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1. (n.) washout
a washing out of earth, gravel, etc., by water, as from an embankment or a roadway by heavy rain.
2. washout
the hole, break, or erosion produced by such a washing out.
3. washout
Informal.
4. washout
a complete failure or disappointment.
5. washout
a person who has failed a course of training or study:
air force washouts.
Etymology: (1885–90, Amer.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) washout
the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water
"it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road"
2. (noun) washout, wash
the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway)
"from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water"
3. (noun) flop, dud, washout
someone who is unsuccessful
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) washout
the washing out or away of earth, etc., especially of a portion of the bed of a road or railroad by a fall of rain or a freshet; also, a place, especially in the bed of a road or railroad, where the earth has been washed away
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Sense: (an idea, project, person etc which is) a complete failure
She was a complete washout as a secretary.
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 Afrikaans: mislukking |
 Arabic: فَشَل ذَريع |
 Bulgarian: провал |
 Brazilian: fracasso |
 Czech: krach, zkrachovanec |
 German: die Niete |
 Danish: fiasko |
 Greek: αποτυχία, φιάσκο |
 Spanish: desastre, fracaso |
 Estonian: fiasko, käpard |
 Farsi: شكست سخت |
 Finnish: katastrofi |
 French: fiasco, nullité |
 Hebrew: כִּשָלוֹן |
 Hindi: घोर असफलता |
 Croatian: potpun poraz |
 Hungarian: teljes kudarc |
 Indonesian: orang gagal |
 Icelandic: vonleysingi; vonlaust fyr |
 Italian: fiasco, fallimento |
 Japanese: 大失敗 |
 Korean: 대실패 |
 Lithuanian: nesėkmė, nevykėlis |
 Latvian: neveiksme; izgāšanās |
 Malay: kegagalan |
 Dutch: fiasco |
 Norwegian: fiasko; strykkandidat; no |
 Polish: niewypał |
 Portuguese: fracasso |
 Romanian: fiasco, eşec |
 Russian: неудача;неудачник |
 Slovak: neúspech, fiasko; smoliar |
 Slovenian: polom |
 Serbian: fijakso |
 Swedish: fiasko, odugling |
 Thai: ความล้มเหลว |
 Turkish: işe yaramaz |
 Taiwanese: (想法、案子、人等)完全失敗 |
 Ukrainian: невдача |
 Urdu: قطعی ناکامی |
 Vietnamese: thất bại |
 Chinese: （想法、案子、人等）失败，惨败 |
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