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blow
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bl??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /blo?/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
From Middle English blowen, from Old English bl?wan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *bl?an, from Proto-Germanic *bl?an? (“to blow”) (compare German blähen), from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (“to swell, blow up”) (compare Latin fl? (“to blow”) and Old Armenian ?????? (be?un, “fertile”)).
Verb
blow (third-person singular simple present blows, present participle blowing, simple past blew, past participle blown)
- (intransitive) To produce an air current.
- 1653, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler
- Hark how it rains and blows!
- 1653, Izaak Walton, The Compleat Angler
- (transitive) To propel by an air current.
- (intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
- (transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.
- To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
- 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 explode.
- (transitive, with "up" or with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
- (transitive) To cause sudden destruction of.
- (intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
- (intransitive) (used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn.
- (intransitive, slang, sometimes considered vulgar) To be very undesirable.
- Synonym: suck
- (transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.
- (transitive, vulgar) To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:give head
- (transitive, slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
- To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.
- (obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
- Through the court his courtesy was blown.
- (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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Walter Scott to this entry?)
- (dated) To talk loudly; boast; storm.
- a. 1940, Mildred Haun, "Shin-Bone Rocks" in The Hawk's Done Gone p. 218:
- He didn't just set around and try to out sweettalk somebody; he got out and out-fit somebody. He wouldn't be blowing when he told his boys how he fit for the woman he got.
- 1969, Charles Ambrose McCarthy, The Great Molly Maguire Hoax (page 113)
- At the breaking edge with him and completely fed up with his everlasting bragging and blowing about his personal exploits, and desirous of putting him somewhere, anywhere, so they wouldn't be continuously annoyed by him, […]
- 1976, David Toulmin, Blown Seed (page 148)
- Audie never liked him because he was further in with old Craig than he was, bragging and blowing about his work and the things he could do, while Audie sat quiet as a mouse listening to his blab.
- a. 1940, Mildred Haun, "Shin-Bone Rocks" in The Hawk's Done Gone p. 218:
- (slang, informal, African-American Vernacular) To sing.
- (Scientology, intransitive) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
blow (plural blows)
- A strong wind.
- (informal) A chance to catch one’s breath.
- (uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:cocaine
- (uncountable, Britain, slang) Cannabis.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana
- (uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin
- (informal, vulgar) A blowjob; fellatio
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:oral sex
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English blo, bloo, from Old English bl?w (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *bl?waz (“blue, dark blue, grey, black”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?l?w- (“yellow, blond, grey”). Cognate with Latin flavus (“yellow”). Doublet of blue.
Adjective
blow (comparative blower or more blow, superlative blowest or most blow)
- (now chiefly dialectal, Northern England) Blue.
Etymology 3
From Middle English blowe, blaw, northern variant of bl?we, from Proto-Germanic *blewwan? (“to beat”) (compare Old Norse blegði (“wedge”), German bläuen, Middle Dutch blouwen). Related to block.
Noun
blow (plural blows)
- The act of striking or hitting.
- Synonyms: bace, strike, hit, punch
- A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- 1838-1842', Thomas Arnold, History of Rome
- A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp].
- 1838-1842', Thomas Arnold, History of Rome
- A damaging occurrence.
- Synonyms: disaster, calamity
- (Australia, shearing, historical) A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 4
From Middle English blowen, from Old English bl?wan, from Proto-Germanic *bl?an? (compare Dutch bloeien, German blühen), from Proto-Indo-European *b?leh?- (compare Latin flor?re (“to bloom”)).
Verb
blow (third-person singular simple present blows, present participle blowing, simple past blew, past participle blown)
- To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4 Scene 1
- You seem to me as Dian in her orb,
- As chaste as is the bud ere it be blown;
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book 5
- How blows the citron grove.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 4 Scene 1
Related terms
- full-blown
Translations
Noun
blow (plural blows)
- A mass or display of flowers; a yield.
- A display of anything brilliant or bright.
- A bloom, state of flowering.
Related terms
- ablow
- elder-blow
Translations
Anagrams
- bowl
Middle English
Verb
blow
- Alternative form of blowen (“to blow”)
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jolt
English
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle English jollen (“to stagger, knock, batter”), itself perhaps a variant of Middle English chollen (“to strike, juggle, do tricks”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /d??lt/, IPA(key): /d???lt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /d?o?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt, -??lt
Verb
jolt (third-person singular simple present jolts, present participle jolting, simple past and past participle jolted)
- (transitive) To push or shake abruptly and roughly.
- The bus jolted its passengers at every turn.
- (transitive) To knock sharply
- (transitive) To shock (someone) into taking action or being alert
- I jolted her out of complacency.
- (transitive) To shock emotionally.
- Her untimely death jolted us all.
- (intransitive) To shake; to move with a series of jerks.
- The car jolted along the stony path.
Derived terms
- jolter
- jolthead
- jolting
- joltproof
- jolty
Translations
Noun
jolt (plural jolts)
- An act of jolting.
- A surprise or shock.
- (slang) A long prison sentence.
- (slang) A narcotic injection.
Coordinate terms
- (prison sentence): bit
Translations
References
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