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Blow

noun

1.

A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.

2.

An impact (as from a collision). Synonym: bump.

3.

An unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating. Synonyms: black eye, reversal, reverse, setback.

4.

An unpleasant or disappointing surprise. Synonym: shock.

5.

A strong current of air. Synonyms: blast, gust.

6.

Street names for cocaine. Synonyms: C, coke, nose candy, snow.

7.

Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth. Synonym: puff. "He blew out all the candles with a single puff"

verb

(past blew; past part. blown; pres. part. blowing)

1.

Exhale hard.

2.

Be blowing or storming.

3.

Free of obstruction by blowing air through.

4.

Be in motion due to some air or water current. Synonyms: be adrift, drift, float. "The boat drifted on the lake" , "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea" , "The shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"

5.

Make a sound as if blown.

6.

Shape by blowing.

7.

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin. Synonyms: ball up, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil. "The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

8.

Spend thoughtlessly; throw away. Synonyms: squander, waste. "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree"

9.

Spend lavishly or wastefully on.

10.

Sound by having air expelled through a tube.

11.

Play or sound a wind instrument.

12.

Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation. Synonyms: fellate, go down on, suck.

13.

Cause air to go in, on, or through.

14.

Cause to move by means of an air current.

15.

Spout moist air from the blowhole.

16.

Leave; informal or rude. Synonyms: shove along, shove off. "The children shoved along" , "Blow now!"

17.

Lay eggs.

18.

Cause to be revealed and jeopardized. "The double agent was blown by the other side"

19.

Show off. Synonyms: bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt.

20.

Allow to regain its breath.

21.

Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable. Synonyms: blow out, burn out. "The fuse blew"

22.

Burst suddenly. "We blew a tire"

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"Blow" Quotes from Famous Books

... it rose from bullicks' feet, An' in spite ov cold and chilblains when the bush was white with frost, An' in spite of muddy water where the burnin' plain was crossed, An' in spite of modern progress, and in spite of all their blow, 'Twas a better land to live in, in the days o' ...

— In the Days When the World Was Wide and Other Verses • Henry Lawson

... and in so loud a voice that all on deck might have heard the words; and as he spoke he waved his cane back and forth as though he would have struck the young lady, who, shrinking back almost upon the deck, crouched as though to escape such a blow. "You hussy!" he bawled out with vile oaths, too horrible here to be set down. "What do you do here with this Yankee supercargo, not fit for a gentlewoman to wipe her feet upon? Get to your cabin, you hussy" (only it was ...

— Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates • Howard Pyle

... a way that delighted his soul, And remembrance grew sad as he strutted around And tried hard, but vainly, to waken that sound. The day before Christmas brought trouble for Joe, A thousand times worse. 'Twas a terrible blow To hear that old Santa Claus, god of his dreams. Would not come that year with his fleet-footed teams. He'd seen them. Why, once, of a night's witching hour He saw them jump over the cross on the tower And scamper away o'er the snow-covered roofs, ...

— A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others • Various

... was holding myself in readiness, if that Norman boy drew his dagger, to give him such a blow across the wrist with my cudgel that it would be long before he handled a weapon again. I fear Wulf has got himself into trouble. The bishop will doubtless complain to the king of the language used by one of Harold's ...

— Wulf the Saxon - A Story of the Norman Conquest • G. A. Henty

... got to do," soliloquized Charlie, "is just to keep awake, and it is a great deal better than to go to sleep with a string tying your big toe to the bed-post. Hark, there is some one firing off a gun! Wont I wake 'em with a blow on my horn!" Here he saw himself, as he visited house after house, arousing boy after boy. It would be like the falling of a row of bricks, where the only need is to push over the first one and the whole set will follow. Every thing, though, ...

— The Knights of the White Shield - Up-the-Ladder Club Series, Round One Play • Edward A. Rand

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