washoutnoun
uk/ˈwɒʃ.aʊt/us/ˈwɑː.ʃaʊt/washout noun (FAILURE)
[ C usually singular ] informal a complete failure:
The party was a washout - hardly anyone came.
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Failures
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- another/the final nail in the coffin idiom
- breakdown
- car crash
- cock-up
- dead duck
- foul-up
- free fall
- hash
- lemon
- lost cause
- lulu
- mess
- mess-up
- parody
- slim pickings
- slush pile
- track record
- train wreck
- turkey
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washout noun (CANCELLED EVENT)
[ C ] an event or sports competition that is prevented from happening or stopped early because of heavy rain
See also
wash sth out
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Precipitation: rain
- acid rain
- bucket
- bucket down
- cloudburst
- drizzle
- heaven
- it's raining cats and dogs! idiom
- pelt (down) idiom
- puddle
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rainstorm
- rainwater
- Scotch mist
- sheet
- shower
- sprinkle
- teem
- wash
- wet
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