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Blow
English
Pronunciation
- SAMPA : /'blOU/
- IPA : /'blɔʊ/
Intransitive Verb
to blow (blew, blown, blowing)
- To produce an air current
- Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! [King Lear]
- To explode
- Get away from that tank! It's about to blow!
- (slang) To be very undesirable (see also suck)
- This blows!
- To be propelled by an air current .
- The leaves blow through the streets in the fall
- (of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater it has taken in while feeding .
- There's nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow.
- There she blows! [that is, I see a whale spouting!]
Translations
Transitive Verb
to blow (blew, blown, blowing)
- To propel by an air current .
- Blow the dust off that book and open it up.
- To squander .
- I managed to blow $1000 at blackjack in under an hour.
- (vulgar) Fellate.
- Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?
- To inflate
- blow bubbles
Translations
- Finnish: puhaltaa (1,4), tuhlata (2), ottaa suihin (3)
- French: tailler la pipe (3)
Noun
blow (plural: blows)
- The act of striking or hitting
- ...a fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.
- During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the mid-section...
- An unfortunate occurrence
- A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park.
- (slang, uncountable) cocaine
- A strong wind.
- We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon.
- (colloquial) A chance to catch ones breath.
- The players were able to get a bit of a blow during the last timeout.
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