How to pronounce “blow”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (intransitive) To produce an air current.
• (transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
• (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
• (transitive, figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.
• (transitive) To create or shape by blowing.
• (transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
• (transitive) To clear of contents by forcing air through.
• (transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing (as a musical instrument).
• (intransitive) To make a sound as a result of being blown.
• (intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
• (intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
• (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
• (transitive) To cause the sudden destruction of.
• (transitive, historical, military) To blow from a gun (method of executing a person).
• (intransitive) To suddenly fail or give way destructively.
• (ergative, of a fuse) To melt away because of overcurrent, creating a gap in a wire, thus stopping a circuit from operating.
• (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
• (transitive, informal, idiomatic) To fail at; to mess up; to make a mistake in.
• (intransitive, stative, slang, sometimes considered vulgar) To be very undesirable.
• (transitive, vulgar) To perform oral sex on (someone); to fellate.
• (transitive, slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
• (Scientology, intransitive) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
• (transitive) To make flyblown; to defile or spoil, especially with fly eggs.
• (intransitive) (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed (in flesh or meat).
• (obsolete, transitive) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
• (obsolete, transitive) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
• (intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
• (transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.
• (dated, intransitive) To talk loudly; boast; brag.
• (slang, dated, transitive) To slander, insult, critique or discredit (someone); to reprimand or scold (someone).
• (UK, slang, archaic, transitive) To expose, or inform on.
• (intransitive, slang, informal, African-American Vernacular) To sing.
• (intransitive, slang, colloquial) To flatulate or defecate.
• [Noun]
• A strong wind.
• (informal) A chance to catch one's breath.
• (uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
• (uncountable, UK, slang) Cannabis.
• (uncountable, Chicago dialectal, slang) Heroin.
• (informal, vulgar) A blowjob; fellatio.
• (nautical) An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.
• [Interjection]
• Used to express displeasure or frustration.
• [Adjective]
• (chiefly dialectal Northern England or puristic, otherwise obsolete) Blue.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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