flameout.
The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
Meaning & usage
The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner.
The company was one of Silicon Valley's more famous dot-com flameouts.
The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel or airflow).
The left engine suffered a flameout from ingesting heavy rain.
Where this word comes from
Deverbal from flame out.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.