• BLOW
int. 1871 – an exclamation of annoyance
n. 1. 1744 Amer. dial. – a flower blossom; collectively, bloom
n. 2. 1804 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a current of air, a blast, a gust
n. 3. 1805 Sc. – boasting; a boast, bravado; a falsehood told from ostentation; a braggart, a boaster
n. 4. 1855 Amer. dial. – a pause to catch one’s breath; a breathing spell
n. 5. 1866 Sc. – a smoke of tobacco
n. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – breath
n. 7. Bk1903 sl. – 1 shilling
n. 8. 1928 sl. – secret information or warning
n. 9. 1971 sl., orig. US – cocaine for inhaling
vb. 1. c1400 colloq. – to speak angrily
vb. 2. 1786 Sc. – to breathe, to take breath
vb. 3. 1575 – to speak revealingly; to give away secret information; to divulge
vb. 4. 1790 Eng. dial. – to blush
vb. 5. 1827 colloq. – to scold, to rail at
vb. 6. 1845 – to expire, to die
vb. 7. 1852 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to boast, to brag
vb. 8. 1867 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to smoke tobacco
vb. 9. 1870 Eng. & Amer. dial. – to blossom
vb. 10. 1874 sl. – to spend money recklessly; to squander
vb. 11. 1878 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to swell, to puff up, to explode, to burst
vb. 12. 1878 – to proclaim or praise boastfully
vb. 13. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to cry aloud
vb. 14. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to disappoint
vb. 15. 1903 Amer. dial. – to treat
vb. 16. Bk1914 criminals’ sl. – to cease; to get away; to lose; to miss something absent
vb. 17. c1930 sl., orig. US – to fellate
vb. 18. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – of the moon: to go down
vb. 19. 1950 US sl. – to vomit
vb. 20. 1950s Amer. sl. – to perform
• BLOW A BOX
vb. 1965 Amer. sl. – to eagerly play the piano
• BLOW A CLOUD
vb. 1819 sl. – to smoke a pipe
• BLOW A COAL
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to make mischief or sow dissension between neighbours
• BLOW A FUSE
vb. 1938 sl. – to be or get angry
• BLOW A GASKET
vb. 1946 sl. – to be or get angry
• BLOW AN ARROW
vb. 1973 US sl. – in a carnival or small circus: to become lost when travelling from one town to another
• BLOW A RARE CHECK
vb. Bk1905 End. dial. – to look well
• BLOW AROUND
vb. Bk1905 End. dial. – to come to see or visit; to go to see or visit
• BLOW A SCORE
vb. 1937 criminals’ sl. – to fail in an attempted theft
• BLOW A SHOT
vb. c1910 drug culture sl. – to waste narcotics by missing the vein or spilling the solution
• BLOW A TANK
vb. 1932 NZ sl. – to dynamite a safe
• BLOW-AWAY
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – the seed head of a dandelion
vb. 1913 sl., orig, Southern US dial. – (as ‘blow away’) to kill by shooting or explosion
• BLOW A WHISTLE
vb. 1930s criminals’ sl. – to inform to the police
• BLOW-BACK
n. 1934 criminals’ sl. – voluntary return to a victim of stolen goods
vb. 1928 criminals’ sl. – (as ‘blow back’) to return stolen goods
• BLOW BAG
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster
• BLOWBALL
n. 1578 – the downy head of a dandelion in seed which children delight to blow away
• BLOW BEETS
vb. 1960s Amer. sl. – to vomit
• BLOW BELLY
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster
• BLOW-BLEB
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a bubble, esp. a soap bubble
• BLOW-BOOK
n. 1708 obs. – a book containing indelicate or smutty pictures
• BLOW-BOY
n. 1. 1935 convicts’ sl. – one who commits fellatio
n. 2. 1965 Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster
• BLOW CARD
n. Bk1914 criminals’ sl. – any useless thing or condition; financial embarrassment
• BLOW DOMES
vb. 1990s US sl. – to amaze, to astound
• BLOW-DOWN
n. 1895 US – a place encumbered with trees that have been blown down
• BLOWED
adj. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – drunk
adj. 2. 1970 Amer. dial. – confused, mixed up
• BLOWEN
n. 1812 sl. – a wench, a trull
• BLOW ENOUGH TO TURN A MILL
vb. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – to be out of breath
• BLOWER
n. 1. 1859 Eng. & Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster, one who exaggerates
n. 2. 1922 sl. – the telephone
n. 3. 1970 Amer. dial. – a shotgun
• BLOWFLY
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a braggart, a boaster
• BLOW FROG
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a large frog that makes a deep, loud sound
• BLOW GAGE
vb. 20C US drug culture sl. – to smoke marijuana
• BLOW GAUGE
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to smoke marijuana
• BLOW GEORGE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster
• BLOW GREAT GUNS
vb. 1854 – of wind: to blow tempestuously
• BLOW GUM
n. 1959 Amer. dial. – bubble gum
• BLOWGUN
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a short-barrelled shotgun or a large-barrelled pistol
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial. – a braggart, a loudmouth, a boaster
• BLOW GUT
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster
• BLOW HAMMER
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster
• BLOW-HARD
adj. 1855 US – boastful, blustering
n. 1889 US – a blustering person; a braggart
• BLOW HAY
vb. 20C US drug culture sl. – to smoke marijuana
• BLOW HEELS
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster
• BLOW HIGH, BLOW LOW
phr. 1774 – whatever may happen
• BLOW HIS BAGS OUT
vb. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – to fill or distend the stomach with food
• BLOW HOLE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster
• BLOW HORN
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster
• BLOW HOT
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster
• BLOW HOUSE
n. 1965 Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster
• BLOW HUNCH
vb. 1960s Amer. sl. – to vomit
• BLOWIE
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a dandelion
• BLOW-IN
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a stranger, an outsider
vb. 1. 1886 sl., chiefly US – (as ‘blow in’) to spend money recklessly; to squander
vb. 2. 1904 orig. US colloq. – (as ‘blow in’) to appear or turn up unexpectedly; to drop in
• BLOWING
adj. 1824 Sc. – boasting, bragging
n. 1. 1812 sl. – a wench, a trull
n. 2. 1873 – flattery; boasting, bragging
• BLOWINGS
n. 1825 Eng. dial. – blossom
• BLOWING SMOKE
phr. Bk1944 services’ sl. – trying to impress an officer
• BLOWING THE GAP
phr. 1821 – blowing the gaff, giving information
• BLOW IT!
int. 1871 – an exclamation of annoyance
• BLOW IT OUT!
int. 20C teen & high school sl. – forget it! let’s move on
• BLOW IT OUT OF YOUR BAG
int. Bk1944 services’ sl. – refrain from talking
• BLOW JIVE
vb. 20C US drug culture sl. – to smoke marijuana
• BLOW JOB
n. 1942 sl., orig. US – fellatio
• BLOW LIKE THE OLD HARRY
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – of the wind: to blow very hard
• BLOW LOW
vb. 1822 Eng. dial. – to keep quiet, to avoid boasting
• BLOW-MAUNGER
n. 1746 Eng. dial. obs. – a fat, full-faced person
• BLOW ME DOWN!
int. 1928 – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
• BLOW ME TIGHT!
int. 1819 – an exclamation of surprise or astonishment
• BLOW MY BUTTONS!
int. 1845 Amer. sl. – a mild oath
• BLOWN
adj. 1. Bk1890 sl. – informed against, exposed
adj. 2. 1896 Eng. dial. – out of breath; winded
• BLOWN DRINK
n. 1825 Sc. – the remainder of drink left in a glass of which one or more have been partaking
• BLOWNS!
int. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – an exclamation of surprise
• BLOWN-UP
adj. 1678 – bankrupt
• BLOW-OFF
n. 1. c1912 sl. – a climax
n. 2. 1925 criminals’ sl. – a giving of information, a warning, to the police
n. 3. 1936 criminals’ sl. – stealing a victim’s money
n. 4. 1950 Amer. dial. – a boaster, a braggart
• BLOW OFF ONE’S CORNS
vb. 1698 sl. – to lie now and then with a woman
• BLOW-OFF ON THE GROUNDSELS
vb. 1698 sl. – to lie with a woman on the floor or stairs
• BLOW OFF THE LOOSE CORNS
vb. 1698 sl. – to lie now and then with a woman
• BLOW ONE A NEW ASSHOLE
vb. 1968 Amer. sl. – to injure or rebuke someone
• BLOW ONE’S BAZOO
vb. 1877 Amer. dial. – to boast
• BLOW ONE’S BONE
vb. 1954 Amer. dial. – to drool as an infant beginning to teethe
• BLOW ONE’S COOKIES
vb. 1976 Amer. sl. – to vomit
• BLOW ONESELF
vb. 1896 Amer. dial. – to spend money freely
• BLOW ONE’S HEAD AND HORNS OFF
vb. 1906 Amer. dial. – to talk too much
• BLOW ONE’S LID
vb. 20C sl. – to rage hysterically
• BLOW ONE’S MIND
vb. 1965 sl., orig. US – to experience the effect of a drug, esp. LSD
• BLOW ONE’S REEK
vb. 1896 Sc. – to smoke a pipe
• BLOW ONE’S ROOF
vb. 20C US drug culture sl. – to smoke marijuana
• BLOW ONE’S SHOES
vb. 1969 Amer. dial. – to lose one’s composure; to become over-excited
• BLOW ONE’S SNOT
vb. 20C Brit. sl. – to ejaculate
• BLOW ONE’S STACK
vb. 1. 1941 sl., orig. US – to be or get angry
vb. 2. Bk1944 services’ sl. – to get excited and make a series of mistakes
• BLOW ONE’S TOP
vb. 1928 sl. – to be or get angry; to lose one’s temper
• BLOW-OUT
n. 1. 1821 sl. – a feast, entertainment; a large meal; a great display; a festive occasion; a drinking bout
n. 2. 1826 Eng. dial. & US – an outbreak of anger; a quarrel, a disturbance, a row
• BLOW OUT ONE’S LAMP
vb. 1944 Amer. sl. – to kill someone
• BLOW OUT ONE’S LIGHT
vb. 1916 Amer. sl. – to kill someone
• BLOWPIPE
n. 1. 1921 Amer. dial. – a rifle
n. 2. 1965 Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster
• BLOW-POKE
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a fat pursy fellow, one who assumes an air of great importance
• BLOW POT
vb. 20C US drug culture sl. – to smoke marijuana
• BLOWS
n. 1940 Amer. dial. – a long period of time
• BLOWSABELLA
n. 1883 theatrical sl. – a woman whose hair is dishevelled, and hanging about her face; a slattern; a vulgar, self-assertive woman, usually stout
• BLOW SMOKE UP ONE’S LEG
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. – to tease good-naturedly
• BLOW-SNOW
n. 1944 Amer. dial. – a combination of wind and snow
• BLOW SOMEONE AWAY
vb. 1975 sl., orig. & chiefly US – to have an overwhelming effect on someone’s mind
• BLOW SOMEONE’S EARS DOWN
vb. 1933 Amer. sl. – to scold severely
• BLOW SOMEONE TO SOMETHING
vb. 1889 US sl. – to pay for someone to have something
• BLOW SOMEONE UP
vb. 1712 sl. – to reprimand
• BLOW TEA
vb. 20C US drug culture sl. – to smoke marijuana
• BLOWTER
vb. ?16C – to blubber; to weep effusively; to wail or lament with many tears → obs.
• BLOWTH
n. 1602 – a blossoming or bloom → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
• BLOW THE GAB
vb. 1785 – to blab, to give information → sl.
• BLOW THE GAFF
vb. 1812 – to let out a secret; to reveal a plot; to give convicting evidence → sl.
• BLOW THE LID OFF
vb. 20C – to expose to public view, esp. to reveal something scandalous, illegal, etc. → colloq.
• BLOW THE WHISTLE ON
vb. 1934 – to betray, implying a revelation of what others had wanted kept secret → sl.
• BLOW TO HELL AND GONE
vb. 1865 – to utterly ruin or destroy → Amer. sl.
• BLOW TOMAHAWKS
vb. 1883 – of the wind: to blow with cutting violence
• BLOW TOP
n. 1950 Amer. dial. – a braggart; a boaster
• BLOW-UP
n. 1. 1807-8 chiefly US – a dinner, supper, or other entertainment for which an abundant supply of food and drink is provided or at which it is consumed; a feast
n. 2. 1809 chiefly US – an outbreak of anger; a quarrel, a disturbance, a row
n. 3. 1838 chiefly US – a scolding
n. 4. 1867 chiefly US – an explosion
n. 5. 1967 Amer. dial. – a billowy cloud
n. 6. 1973 Amer. dial. – a hole or depression in a street or road
vb. 1. 1803 Amer. dial. obs. – (as ‘blow up’) to make pregnant
vb. 2. 1871 sl. – (as ‘blow up’) to be or get angry
vb. 3. Bk1911 Sc. – (as ‘blow up’) to mislead, to delude
vb. 4. 1916 Amer. dial. – (as ‘blow up’) to praise unduly; to flatter
vb. 5. 1923 Amer. dial. – (as ‘blow up’) to be out of order; to fail, to collapse
vb. 6. 1966 Amer. dial. – (as ‘blow up’) to be disgusted
• BLOW-WAY
n. 1933 Amer. dial. – an open porch
• BLOW WEED
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a dandelion
• BLOW WISE TO YOURSELF!
int. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – don’t be ridiculous!
• BLOWY
adj. 1888 Sc. – gusty, blustering, windy
• BLOW YOUR HORN IF YOU DON’T SELL A FISH
phr. 1904 Amer. dial. – said to anyone who blows his nose vigorously
• BLOW YOUR TOP
vb. Bk1998 sl. – to achieve sexual climax
• BLOWZE
n. 1. 1695 Eng. dial. – a fat, red-faced wench
n. 2. 1703 Eng. dial. – a coarse, untidy woman, with dishevelled hair; a wild girl, a hoyden
n. 3. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a state of heat, which brings high colour to the face
vb. 1821 Eng. dial. – to sweat, to perspire profusely
• BLOW Z’s
vb. 1968 Amer. dial. – to sleep or nap; to snore
• BLOWZY
adj. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – red-faced, untidy, dishevelled, slovenly
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – drunk
• BLOYSTEROUS
adj. 1568 obs. – of the wind: strong, boisterous
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