back-blast

1. 1.

   backfire from a recoilless weapon

   Synonymsbackblast

   Broaderblowback

Questions about back-blast

What does back-blast mean?

back-blast means "backfire from a recoilless weapon".

How many syllables are in back-blast?

back-blast has 2 syllables and divides as back--blast under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for back-blast?

Close synonyms include backblast. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.