blow
Definitions
- An instance of the act of striking or hitting.
- A surname.
- A state of flowering; a bloom.
- A strong wind.
- A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- A display or mass of flowers; a yield.
- A chance to catch one's breath.
- A damaging occurrence.
- A display of anything bright or brilliant.
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Powder cocaine. US, slang, uncountable
- A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
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Cannabis. UK, slang, uncountable
- Heroin.
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An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below. Australia, New-Zealand
- A blowjob; fellatio.
- Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”).
- 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.
Conjugation
Browse the table or drill it — all tenses, moods, and persons of blow.
Equivalents
Españolapestararruinarbufarcagarchuparcoñazogolpeirlargarmamarmazazoreventarsopladurasoplarsoplidovarapalo
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Afrikaansblaas
Cymraegchwythu
Suomihäipyähengähdystaukohenkeäiskukirveeniskukolauskukintakukkaloistolaakilennähtäälennellälentääloistoottaa suihinpalaapolttaapuhaltaapuhuriräjäyttäärikkoarikkoutuasärkeäsärkyäsoidasoittaasuihkuttaatakaiskutörsätätuhlatatuulenhenki
ភាសាខ្មែរបក
Lingálafembe
Lietuviųpūsti
Te Reo Māoripongipongi
മലയാളംഊതുക
Монголүлээх
Maltidaqqa
မြန်မာမှုတ်
Polskibukciosdaćdmuchaćdmuchnąćprzepuścićprzepuszczaćrazrobić lodauderzeniewiaćżądaćzdmuchnąćzwiaćzwiewać
Portuguêsassoprarbufarchupardesgraçadetonarestourarexplodirgolpejogar forasairser ruimser sopradoser uma merdaser uma porcariasoprarvazarventania
Русскийвеятьвзорватьвзрыватьвыдува́тьвы́дутьдунутьдутьотноситьотсосатьпереды́шкаповеятьподутьпродуватьпродутьсдуватьсдутьсморкатьсясморкну́ться pf blow the noseсосатьудар
Slovenščinapihati
Kiswahilipanchi
ไทยพัด
Türkmençeüflemek
Examples
“We’re having a bit of a blow⟳ this afternoon.”
“Now they were faced with the problem of a northerly blow⟳, which could soon send⟳ a heavy swell clean⟳ into the bay.”
“The players were able to get⟳ a blow⟳ during the last⟳ timeout.”
“Hi there, you're a pretty cute chick, want⟳ to snort some blow⟳?”
“Hey man, you wanna cop some blow⟳? / Sure, what you got, dust, flakes or rocks?”
“Jesus Christ, George, I don't see⟳ you for two years and you show⟳ up on my doorstep with 110 pounds of blow⟳.”
“I ran out of blow⟳ a long time ago / I can't smoke⟳ a J or my guts fly⟳ away”
“His girlfriend gave him a blow⟳.”
“The sounding of the alarm was the signal to begin⟳ the emergency blow⟳ maneuver. At this time, witnesses reported, the guest at the high-pressure air controls operated the levers under close⟳ supervision of Navy personnel, and the submarine started to rise⟳ at a sharp angle.”
“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 midsection.”
“There he found that […] Hanno's camp was crowded with cattle and carriages, and a mixed multitude of unarmed men, and even of women and children; and that a vigorous blow⟳ might win⟳ it with all its spoil⟳: the indefatigable general was absent, scouring the country for additional supplies of corn.”
“A further blow⟳ to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park⟳.”
“a most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows”
“Norwich returned to second in the Championship with victory over Nottingham Forest, whose promotion hopes were dealt another blow⟳.”
“Click goes his shears; click, click, click. / Wide are the blows, and his hand is moving quick, / The ringer looks round, for he lost it by a blow⟳, / And he curses that old shearer with the bare belled ewe.”
“"Blows" of quartz, crop out above the layers of slate, granite, and sandstone formation.”
“The blow⟳ is important because it transitions the reader and eventually the audience from one scene to another.”
“roses in full blow⟳”
“[F]lowers that in perennial blow⟳ / Round the moist marge of Persian fountains cling⟳; […]”
“[H]e believed he could shew me such a blow⟳ of tulips as was not to be matched in the whole country.”
“Passing the apple-tree blows of white and pink in the orchards; / Carrying a corpse to where it shall rest⟳ in the grave, / Night and day journeys a coffin.”
CEFR level
A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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