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blow

/bləʊ/

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noun

  • A strong wind.

    Example: We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon.
  • A chance to catch one’s breath.

    Example: The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout.
  • Cocaine.

  • Cannabis.

  • (US Chicago Regional) Heroin.


verb

  • To produce an air current.

  • To propel by an air current.

    Example: Blow the dust off that book and open it up.
  • To be propelled by an air current.

    Example: The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.
  • To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.

  • To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.

    Example: to blow the fire
  • To clear of contents by forcing air through.

    Example: to blow an egg
  • To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.

  • To make a sound as the result of being blown.

    Example: In the harbor, the ships' horns blew.
  • (of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.

    Example: There she blows! (i.e. "I see a whale spouting!")
  • To explode.

    Example: Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!
  • (with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.

    Example: The aerosol can was blown to bits.
  • To cause sudden destruction of.

    Example: He blew the tires and the engine.
  • To suddenly fail destructively.

    Example: He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line.
  • (used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn.

  • To be very undesirable. (See also suck.)

    Example: This blows!
  • To recklessly squander.

    Example: I blew $35 thou on a car.
  • To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)

    Example: Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?
  • To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.

    Example: Let's blow this joint.
  • To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.

  • To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

  • To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

  • To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

  • To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.

    Example: to blow a horse
  • To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.

  • To sing.

    Example: That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!
  • To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.


blow

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/bloʊ/

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adjective

  • Blue.


blow

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/bləʊ/

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/bloʊ/

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noun

  • The act of striking or hitting.

    Example: A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.
  • A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

  • A damaging occurrence.

    Example: A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park.

blow

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noun

  • A mass or display of flowers; a yield.

  • A display of anything brilliant or bright.

  • A bloom, state of flowering.

    Example: Roses in full blow.

verb

  • To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.