Usually means: Failure due to overheating or overload.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. flameout: Merriam-Webster
  2. flameout: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. flameout: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. flameout: Collins English Dictionary
  5. flameout: Wordnik
  6. flameout: Wiktionary
  7. flameout: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. flameout: Dictionary.com
  9. Flameout: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. flameout: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. flameout: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. flameout: Encyclopedia

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  1. flameout: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (flameout)

noun:  The act of flaming out or burning out; extinguishing.
noun:  (figurative) The act of quitting or failing, especially due to overwork or in a dramatic manner.
noun:  The sudden extinguishing of the flame of a burner (due to obstruction of fuel or airflow).

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