blow

Definitions of blow in various dictionaries:

noun - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon

noun - an impact (as from a collision)

noun - an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes

noun - an unpleasant or disappointing surprise

noun - a strong current of air

noun - street names for cocaine

noun - forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth

verb - exhale hard

verb - be blowing or storming

verb - free of obstruction by blowing air through

verb - be in motion due to some air or water current

verb - make a sound as if blown

verb - shape by blowing

verb - make a mess of, destroy or ruin

verb - spend thoughtlessly

verb - spend lavishly or wastefully on

verb - sound by having air expelled through a tube

verb - play or sound a wind instrument

verb - provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

verb - cause air to go in, on, or through

verb - cause to move by means of an air current

verb - spout moist air from the blowhole

verb - leave

verb - lay eggs

verb - cause to be revealed and jeopardized

verb - show off

verb - allow to regain its breath

verb - melt, break, or become otherwise unusable

verb - burst suddenly

To be in a state of motion.

To move along or be carried by or as if by the wind: Her hat blew away.

To expel a current of air, as from the mouth or from a bellows.

To produce a sound by expelling a current of air, as in sounding a wind instrument or a whistle.

To breathe hard; pant.

To storm: It blew all night.

To melt or otherwise become disabled.

To burst suddenly: The tire blew.

To spout moist air from the blowhole.

To boast.

To go away; depart.

To cause to move by means of a current of air.

To expel (air) from the mouth.

To cause air to be expelled suddenly from: blew a tire.

To drive a current of air on, in, or through: blew my hair dry after I shampooed it.

To clear out or make free of obstruction by forcing air through: constantly blowing his nose in allergy season.

To shape or form (glass, for example) by forcing air or gas through at the end of a pipe.

Music.

To cause (a wind instrument) to sound.

To sound: a bugle blowing taps.

To cause to be out of breath.

To allow (a winded horse) to regain its breath.

To demolish by the force of an explosion: An artillery shell blew our headquarters apart.

To lay or deposit eggs in.

To melt or otherwise disable (a fuse).

Slang.

To spend (money) freely and rashly.

To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.

To perform fellatio on.

To spoil or lose through ineptitude.

To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.

To depart (a place) in a great hurry: Let’s blow this city no later than noon.

The act or an instance of blowing.

A blast of air or wind.

A storm.

An act of bragging.

Cocaine.

To kill by shooting, especially with a firearm.

To arrive, especially when unexpected.

To extinguish or be extinguished by a gust of air: blow out a candle.

To fail, as an electrical apparatus.

To erupt in an uncontrolled manner.

To come into being: A storm blew up.

To fill with air; inflate: blow up a tire.

To enlarge (a photographic image or print).

To explode: bombs blowing up.

To explode with anger.

A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.

An unexpected shock or calamity.

An unexpected attack; an assault.

A mass of blossoms: peach blow.

The state of blossoming.

verb - to wish evil upon

verb - to drive or impel by a current of air