dustoutEtymologyFrom dust + out.nounA cloud of dust or duststorm that creates conditions of inadequate visibility.“Hundreds of Kanker's troops would have to be thrown into the job of plugging the holes, a difficult task under ideal conditions, but a pig of a task in a “dustout”.”A prankster who misleads others by giving false or exaggerated information.“This was a sight check, to see if he looked like some dustout or merely sounded like one.”Fallout; the event of small dust particles falling to the ground in sufficient quantities that they cause a problem.“The levels of activity in atmospheric fallout were determined in rain and dustout was collected on vaseline-coated sheets.”