Synonyms of the word

washout

• n. An appliance designed to wash something out.
• n. (biology, medicine) The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.
• n. (meteorology) The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.
• n. A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water; a breach in…
• n. (informal) A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.
• n. A sporting fixture that could not be completed because of rain.
• n. The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing.

channel

• n. The physical confine of a river or slough, consisting of a bed and banks.
• n. The natural or man-made deeper course through a reef, bar, bay, or any shallow body of water.
• n. The navigable part of a river.
• n. A narrow body of water between two land masses.
• n. That through which anything passes; means of conveying or transmitting.
• n. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.
• n. (nautical, in the plural) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase…
• n. (electronics) A connection between initiating and terminating nodes of a circuit.
• n. (electronics) The narrow conducting portion of a MOSFET transistor.
• n. (communication) The part that connects a data source to a data sink.
• n. (communication) A path for conveying electrical or electromagnetic signals, usually distinguished from…
• n. (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via physical separation, such as by multipair…
• n. (communication) A single path provided by a transmission medium via spectral or protocol separation, such…
• n. (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies, usually in conjunction with a predetermined…
• n. (broadcasting) A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television.
• n. (storage) The portion of a storage medium, such as a track or a band, that is accessible to a given reading…
• n. (technic) The way in a turbine pump where the pressure is built up.
• n. (business, marketing) A distribution channel.
• n. (Internet) A particular area for conversations on an IRC network, analogous to a chatroom and often dedicated…
• n. (Internet) An obsolete means of delivering up-to-date Internet content.
• n. A psychic or medium who temporarily takes on the personality of somebody else.
• v. To direct the flow of something.
• v. To assume the personality of another person, typically a historic figure, in a theatrical or paranormal…
• n. (nautical) The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach…

dud

• n. (informal) A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work,…
• n. (informal) A failure of any kind.
• n. A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
• n. (obsolete) Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
• n. A loser, an unlucky person.

failure

• n. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
• n. An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
• n. Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function, breakdown.

flop

• v. To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
• v. To fail completely, not to be successful at all (about a movie, play, book, song etc.).
• v. (sports) To pretend to be fouled in sports, such as basketball, hockey (the same as to dive in soccer).
• v. To strike about with something broad and flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise…
• v. (poker, transitive) To participate in the flop, thus building one's hand with the first community cards.
• v. (slang) To stay, sleep or live in a place.
• n. An incident of a certain type of fall; a plopping down.
• n. A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
• n. (poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.
• n. A ponded package of dung, as in a cow-flop.
• adv. Right, squarely, flat-out.
• adv. With a flopping sound.
• n. (computing) A unit of measure of processor speed, being one floating-point operation per second.

groove

• n. A long, narrow channel or depression; e.g., such a slot cut into a hard material to provide a location…
• n. A fixed routine.
• n. The middle of the strike zone in baseball where a pitch is most easily hit.
• n. A pronounced, enjoyable rhythm.
• n. (mining) A shaft or excavation.
• v. To cut a groove or channel in; to form into channels or grooves; to furrow.
• v. To create, dance to, or enjoy rhythmic music.

loser

• n. A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive.
• n. Something of poor quality.
• n. A person who is frequently unsuccessful in life.
• n. (derogatory) A contemptible or unfashionable person.
• n. One who or that which loses something, such as extra weight, car keys, etc.

nonstarter

• n. A project that has no chance of success.
• n. A horse that does not run in a race for which it has been entered.

wash

• v. To clean with water.
• v. (transitive) To move or erode by the force of water in motion.
• v. (mining) To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing…
• v. (intransitive) To clean oneself with water.
• v. (transitive) To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten.
• v. (intransitive) To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash.
• v. (intransitive) To be eroded or carried away by the action of water.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique.
• v. (intransitive) To bear without injury the operation of being washed.
• v. (intransitive) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream,…
• v. To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly.
• v. To overlay with a thin coat of metal.
• v. (transitive) To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide,…
• v. (transitive) To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying…
• n. The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid.
• n. A liquid used for washing.
• n. The quantity of clothes washed at a time.
• n. (art) A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and…
• n. The sound of breaking of the seas, e.g., on the shore.
• n. The wake of a moving ship.
• n. The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane.
• n. A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties.
• n. Ground washed away to the sea or a river.
• n. A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest…
• n. A shallow body of water.
• n. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo…
• n. A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which…
• n. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used…
• n. In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted.
• n. A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation.
• n. A thin coat of metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation.
• n. (nautical) The blade of an oar.
• n. The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles,…
• n. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters.
• n. (architecture) The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure…