blow

IPA: bɫˈoʊ

noun

A strong wind.
(informal) A chance to catch one's breath.
(uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
(uncountable, UK, slang) Cannabis.
(uncountable, US 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.
The act of striking or hitting.
A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
A damaging occurrence.
(Australia, shearing, historical) A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
(Australia, New Zealand) An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.
(television) Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”)
A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
A display of anything brilliant or bright.
A bloom, state of flowering.
A surname.

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 the 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, historical, military, of a person) To blow from a gun.
(transitive) To cause the sudden destruction of.
(intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
(transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
(transitive, informal, idiomatic) To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.
(intransitive, stative, slang, sometimes considered vulgar) To be very undesirable.
(transitive, vulgar) To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man).
(transitive, slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
(transitive) To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
(intransitive) (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed.
(obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
(obsolete) 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) To talk loudly; boast; brag.
(UK, slang, archaic) To expose, or inform on.
(slang, informal, African-American Vernacular) To sing.
(Scientology, intransitive) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
(slang, colloquial) To flatulate or defecate.
To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

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