washout   (Sound)

The noun washout has 3 senses

• washout -- (the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water; "it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road")


• washout, wash -- (the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water")


• flop, dud, washout -- (someone who is unsuccessful)