boilover
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English
Etymology
Noun
boilover (countable and uncountable, plural boilovers)
- A hazardous situation where an attempt is made to extinguish semi-enclosed oil- or petrochemical-fuelled fire with water, generating steam which propels the burning fuel outwards.
- (Australia, New Zealand, slang, countable) A sporting event with an unexpected outcome, especially a horse race where the favourite fails to win.
- 1953, Pastoralists' Review (volume 63, issues 7-12, page 716)
- there was not much good horsemanship. The Derby itself was an ordinary race, something of a boilover for Dark Star
- 1953, Pastoralists' Review (volume 63, issues 7-12, page 716)