blow
/bloʊ/ noun A2- A strong wind. · We’re having a bit of a blow this afternoon.
- A chance to catch one's breath. · The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout.
- Powder cocaine.
- Heroin.
- A blowjob; fellatio. · His girlfriend gave him a blow.
- 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.
Plural blows
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- blow apart To destroy (something) by explosion or figuratively simil...
- blow away Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, ...
- blow down To knock over with an air current, most often wind.
- blow in To unexpectedly and casually arrive.
- blow into To enter (a place) casually.
- blow off Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, ...
- blow on To forcefully expel air from the lungs onto an object.
- blow out To extinguish something, especially a flame, especially b...
- blow over To blow on something causing it to topple.
- blow through To expend or waste rapidly.
- blow up Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, up.
From the library
The old father and Mercédès remained for some time apart, each absorbed in grief; but at length the two poor victims of the same blow raised their eyes, and with a simultaneous burst of feeling rushed into each other’s arms.
With one blow of his paw he sent the Scarecrow spinning over and over to the edge of the road, and then he struck at the Tin Woodman with his sharp claws.
So the Woodman raised his axe, and as the Wildcat ran by he gave it a quick blow that cut the beast’s head clean off from its body, and it rolled over at his feet in two pieces.
Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders.
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