dustout

noun3

1. •
   A 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”. — 2012
2. •
   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. — 1960
3. •
   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. — 2010