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vapor lock
/'veɪpər_lɑk/ · veɪpərlɑk
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noun. A stoppage in a pipeline caused by gas bubbles (especially a stoppage that develops in hot weather in an internal-combustion engine when fuel in the gas line boils and forms bubbles that block the flow of gasoline to the carburetor).
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