From en.wiktionary.org:
[flameout]
** English
*** Etymology
[en] + [en]
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
*** Verb
[*]
1. [en] To become suddenly angry ; to break out into indignation or similar emotion ; to flare up . [from 16th c.]
2. * [I]
3. [en] To fail due to extinction of flame. [from 20th c.]
4. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1967 | title=American Labor Arbitration Awards | volume=11 | publisher=Prentice-Hall
|passage=If on flame out, steam pressure goes below 75# you must go back on
gas to return [....] The grievant replied that If he did so, the boiler would
FLAME OUT.}}
1. * {{ quote-journal | en | year=2000 | journal=U.S | publisher=Environmental Protection Agency | title=Hot mix asphalt plants technical systems audit of testing at plant "C" | section=EPA-454R-00-026
|passage=On 24 July 1998, the silo THC analyzer's FID FLAMED OUT and could not
be relighted.}}
1. * [en]
2. * [en]
3. [en] To fail , usually spectacularly .
4. [en] To stop due to exhaustion.
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en |flame-out<pos:n> |flameout<pos:n> }}
**** Translations
[flare up]
[to fail due to extinction of flame]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[to fail spectacularly]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[en]