Blow

Definition: Blow

Blow

Noun

1. A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head".

2. An impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle".

3. An unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating.

4. An unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured".

5. A strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust".

6. Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff".

Verb

1. Exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down".

2. Be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West.".

3. Free of obstruction by blowing air through: "blow one's nose".

4. Be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore".

5. Make a sound as if blown; "The whistle blew".

6. Shape by blowing; "Blow a glass vase".

7. Make a mess of, destroy or ruin.

8. Spend thoughtlessly; throw away; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends".

9. Spend lavishly or wastefully on; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater".

10. : sound by having air expelled through a tube; "The trumpets blew".

11. : play or sound a wind instrument; "She blew the horn".

12. : provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation.

13. : cause air to go in, on, or through: "Blow my hair dry".

14. : cause to move by means of an air current; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard".

15. : spout moist air from the blowhole, as of some marine mammals; "The whales blew".

16. : leave; informal or rude: "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!".

17. : lay eggs; of certain insects.

18. : cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side".

19. : show off.

20. : allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse".

21. : melt, break, or become otherwise unusable; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew".

22. : burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "blow" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Building & Civil Engineering

Industry

Literature

Medicine

Mining

Multilingual Slang

Personal Care & Hotels

Slang in 1811

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Blow

Crosswords: Blow

No. We're discussing an object from which I receive in the classic formula a glancing blow which will raise a lump without actually cracking the cranium (Sleuth; writing credit: Anthony Shaffer)

Beg my wife's forgiveness, before I blow (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

I don't care! All I know is we didn't build it, and that's reason enough to assume the worst and blow it to kingdom come (The Iron Giant; writing credit: Brad Bird)

He was dead just long enough for the murder rap to blow over (The Usual Suspects; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie.)

Yeah, this is going to blow that right out of the water (There's Something About Mary; writing credit: Ed Decter; John J. Strauss)

Baha Men's gonna blow your mind, oo oo (Blow Your Mind; performing artist: Baha Men)

Let the wind blow through me (Walking On Broken Glass; performing artist: Annie Lennox)

They made him blow a bugle for his Uncle Sam. (Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; performing artist: Bette Midler)

He might blow up and kill this man. ("Achy Breaky Heart"; performing artist: Billy Ray Cyrus)

Light a candle, blow the world away (Born To Be My Baby; performing artist: Bon Jovi)

I do benefits for all religions -- I'd hate to blow the hereafter on a technicality. (references; author: Bob Hope)

Final Blow (1970)

The Low Blow (1970)

Blow the Man Down (1968)

Das Go-Go-Girl vom Blow Up (1968)

Come Blow Your Horn (1963)

Blow Away (performing artist: George Harrison)

Let Me Blow Ya Mind (performing artist: Gwen Stefani)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The World Market for Handheld Blow Pipes for Soldering, Brazing, or Welding: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

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Books

• Be Angry [but Don't Blow It] maintaining Your Passion Without Losing Your Cool (reference)

• BLOW (reference)

• Xbox: Blow the Lid Off! (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Blow (Infinifilm Edition) (reference)

• Blow Dry (reference)

• Blow (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Blow (2001 Film) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Go Ahead & Blow (reference)

• Those Guys Blow Chunks [LIMITED EDITION] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Cosmopolitan Collection with Blow Dryer (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Allen 19222 107-Piece 1/4 3/8 1/2-Drive Socket Set Blow Mold Case (reference)

• Stanley 57-532 21-Ounce Dead Blow Hammer (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Killer whales - Orcinus orca - note blow hole in nearest animal. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).

Notice vertical blow of center whale - Humpback whale -Megaptera novaeangliae. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals).

Dixon Bay well site - seen of a blow out and oil spill as seen from the air. Credit: America's Coastlines.

East Timbalier Island, booms are placed to contain oil. The island was seriously impacted by Hurricane Andrew, after the oil blow out restoration plans included creating marshes near the breaks in the island to stabilize the island. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

An image showing dredge material that was added to the area in front of the production facility. This area had the largest contiguous remaining marsh after hurricane Andrew passed through. The restoration project conducted with the oil blow out settlement funds created approximately 22 acres of marsh to help stabilize East Timbalier Island. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

AIDs Can Blow Your High Poster.

AIDS can blow your high. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

If you strike that negro one blow --. Credit: Library of Congress.

The trombone players climb the steep belfry stair to blow stately chorals-- / John Wolcott Adams. Credit: Library of Congress.

Now for the big blow out!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And of Caligula, that he openly declared, that he would be no longer a head to the people or senate, and that he had it in his thoughts to cut off the worthiest men of both ranks, and then retire to Alexandria: and he wisht that the people had but one neck, that he might dispatch them all at a blow, Such designs as these, when any king harbours in his thoughts, and seriously promotes, he immediately gives up all care and thought of the common-wealth; and consequently forfeits the power of governing his subjects, as a master does the dominion over his slaves whom he hath abandoned. (Second Treatise of Government)

Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1949)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Whatever Zaphod's qualities of mind might include - dash, bravado, conceit - he was mechanically inept and could easily blow the ship up with an extravagant gesture

He experienced, at that moment, blow on blow, and almost simultaneously, the most violent emotions that he had known in his life

There is my purse to cure that blow of thine

And suddenly he jarred as though under a heavy blow.

The malefactor was fixed in a chair upon a scaffold erected for the purpose, and his head cut off at a blow with a sword of about forty foot long

It was worth the while, if only to feel the wind blow on your cheek freely, and see the waves run, and remember the life of mariners

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

When cleaning your nose blow gently into a soft tissue. (references)

Headaches may develop after a blow to the head, either immediately or months later. (references)

The use of a special type of otoscope called a pneumatic otoscope allows the physician to blow a puff of air onto the eardrum to test eardrum movement. (references)

Business

The decrease in imports by 5 percent resulted from the lower import of blow molding and vacuum molding machines. (references)

Injection molding machines, blow molding machines and extruders top the list of plastic processing machines imported into Poland. (references)

Ponar is a manufacturer of wide range of injection molding machines, while Metalchem specializes in production of extruders and blow molding machines. (references)

Economic History

Zambia

Zambia's tourism industry is poised to receive a blow from the events in Zimbabwe as well. (references)

Estonia

The final blow came at the ECP's 20th Congress in March 1990 when it voted to break with the CPSU. (references)

Seychelles

During the coolest months, July and August, it drops to as low as 700F. The southeast trade winds blow regularly from May to November, and this is the most pleasant time of the year. (references)

Human Rights

Brazil

Human rights activists considered this decision a major blow against police impunity. (references)

Bolivia

The Tribunal's decision dealt a serious blow to the Judicial Council, weakening its role as a disciplinary body. (references)

Brazil

While he was in custody, other prisoners failed in an attempt to blow a hole in the jail wall, and during the confusion that followed, the prisoners tortured Puga because of his homosexuality. (references)

Political Economy

Paraguay

The informal economy, estimated at 50 percent of the value of the formal sector, has shrunk considerably in the last few years and suffered a severe blow with the implementation of stricter border controls by the Brazilian Government on the important crossroads of Cuidad del Este. (references)

Political Rights

Guatemala

In 1999 in a national referendum, voters rejected the entire package of 50 constitutional reforms approved by Congress in 1998, dealing a significant blow to the peace process. (references)

Trade

Australia

Industries established include manufacturing of knitted textiles; cardboard and packaging; color repro-graphics; computer software; fish emulsion and plant food; plastics extrusion injection blow molding; and engineering-based manufactures. (references)

Travel

Cape Verde

Strong northeast winds blow almost constantly. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Blow

Blow

Expressions using "blow": a mortal blow ♦ a solid blow ♦ a word and a blow ♦ aim a blow at ♦ at a blow ♦ at one blow ♦ backhand blow ♦ begin to blow ♦ blow a fuse ♦ blow a gale ♦ blow a gasket ♦ blow a kiss ♦ blow a raspberry ♦ blow a whistle ♦ blow about ♦ blow an EPROM ♦ blow around ♦ blow at ♦ blow away ♦ blow away the cobwebs ♦ blow back ♦ blow ball ♦ blow below the belt ♦ blow bubbles ♦ blow cock ♦ blow down ♦ blow drier ♦ blow dryer ♦ blow dubbles ♦ blow fly ♦ blow from underneath ♦ blow gas ♦ blow gently ♦ blow given with the hip ♦ blow grass ♦ blow great guns ♦ blow hard and long ♦ blow harder ♦ blow high blow low ♦ blow hopes ♦ blow hot air ♦ blow hot and cold ♦ blow in ♦ blow in at ♦ blow in the belly ♦ blow in the side ♦ blow into ♦ blow it! ♦ blow lamp ♦ blow lightly ♦ blow like a grampus ♦ blow me! ♦ blow off ♦ blow off about ♦ blow off steam ♦ blow on ♦ blow on an instrument ♦ blow on food ♦ blow on smb. ♦ blow one's brains out ♦ blow one's chances of doing smth. ♦ blow one's mind ♦ blow one's nose ♦ blow one's one trumpet ♦ blow one's own horn ♦ blow ones own trumpet ♦ blow one's own trumpet ♦ blow one's stack ♦ blow one's top ♦ blow one's trumpet ♦ blow open ♦ blow out ♦ blow out a candle ♦ blow out job ♦ blow out of the water ♦ blow out one's brains ♦ blow out preventer ♦ blow over ♦ blow past ♦ blow patch ♦ blow pipe analysis ♦ blow round ♦ blow shut ♦ blow strongly ♦ blow the cobwebs from one's brain ♦ blow the cools ♦ blow the cover of ♦ blow the expense! ♦ blow the fire ♦ blow the gab ♦ blow the gaff ♦ blow the hooter ♦ blow the horn ♦ blow the trumpet ♦ blow the whistle ♦ blow the whistle on ♦ blow through ♦ blow torch ♦ blow tube ♦ blow up ♦ blow up a tyre. Additional references.

Beginning with "blow": Blow-bladder, blow-by, blow-by-blow, blow-darts, blow-dried, blow-drier, blow-dries, blow-dry, blow-drying, blow-drys, blow-fly, Blow-football, blow-gun, blow-heater, blow-hole, blow-holes, blow-jobs, blow-lamp, blow-lamps, Blow-off, Blow-out, blow-outs, blow-over, blow-overs, blow-pipe, blow-pipes, blow-stone, blow-torch, blow-torched, blow-torches, blow-torching, blow-up, blow-ups, blow-wave, blow-waved, blow-waves.

Ending with "blow": body-blow, counter-blow.

Afrikaans

waai, slag (butcher, slaughter), blaas, aanblaas (fan). (various references)

Albanian

bëj erë, lulëzim (bloom, blooming, blossoming, blowing, efflorescence, exfoliation, florescence, flourish, flower, flowering, heyday, inflorescence, meridian, pride, prime, prosperity, thrift), e rënë borie (honk, tootle, trumpet call), erë (era, Flavor, flavour, odor, odour, scent, smack, smell, time, whiff, wind), fryj (be sulky, blow out, breathe, buzz off, clear off, distend, inflate, overblow, pout at, puff, puff out, swell, wind), fryrje (blowing, bounce, bulge, distention, flatulence, flatulency, hot air, inflation, injection, insufflation, puff, puffery, vainglory, wind), goditje (assault, bang, bash, batting, beat, biff, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clean and jerk, clip, dash, dint, drive, fib, flap, hit, ictus, impingement, incitement, infliction, jab, joggle, jolt, knock, knocking, lick, percussion, poke, pound, push, shock, slat, sock, stimulus, strike, stroke, thrust, thwack, tremor, welt), gulçoj (absorb, breath rapidly, crepitate, gasp, gulp, heave, howl, pant, puff, wheeze, whoop), humbje (come down, damage, defeat, deprivation, disappearance, draft, draught, flight, forfeiture, leak, leakage, losing, losings, loss, losses, Miss, passing, privation, wastage, waste), thith karin, lulëzoj (bloom, blossom, boom, effloresce, flourish, flower, prosper, thrive), mbush me ajër, prish (alloy, annul, baffle, blast, botch, break, cancel, collapse, consume, corrode, corrupt, damn, darken, debase, debauch, deface, deflower, denounce, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, disarrange, disestablish, dissipate, dissolve, fester, fritter, frustrate, go, gum up, infringe, injure, mammock, mess, misguide, misspend, nip, obliterate, pervert, pollute, pull down, quash, queer, rot, ruin, shatter, sophisticate, spend, split, spoil, stymie, take away, thwack, trouble, undo, unmake, unsettle, upset, violate, vitiate, warp, wear, wreck, zap), rrëzoj (bring down, chop down, defeat, demolish, depolarise, depose, destroy, dethrone, disenthrone, dismount, disprove, down, drop, eradiate, fail, fell, floor, kill, knock out, overthrow, plough, plow, pull down, pull over, push down, push over, rase, raze, rebut, sink, spill, wreck), shfryj (blast, bluster, decompress, frown, grumble, huff, inveigh, leak, let off steam, natter, puff, vituperate, whiffle, wreak), shfryrje (grumble, leak), shkulm ere (blast, flaw, flurry, gust, squall), heq (abate, abolish, avert, bereave, call off, cast, clear away, clear out, cross, cut off, cut out, deduct, delete, derogate, detach, detrude, dislodge, dismiss, dismount, divest, do away with, doff, drag, draw, drop, eject, eliminate, erase, exhaust, expel, exscind, extract, gather in, generate, get off, jump, keep off, kill, lift, lift off, move off, off with, omit, oust, peel back, pick off, pull at, pull off, pull out, put aside, put off, relegate, remove, save, scour, scratch, scratch off, scratch out, shake out, shed, skim, skip, soothe, spay, strike off, strip, subtract, swing, take away, take off, take out, tear away, throw out, turn away, undergo, unhang, unhook, unpin, unstring). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تفاخر (boast, boastfulness, brag, flaunt, ostentation, plume, rodomontade, shoot a line, show, show off, splurge, swell, vaporize), ‏بذر (disseminate, dissipate, drill, fritter, inseminate, run through, sow, sowing, spend, squander, waste), ‏إحترق, ‏المتفاخر (boaster, brag, proud, show off), ‏صفر (beep, cipher, hiss, hoot, naught, nil, nought, pipe, toot, tootle, wheeze, whistle, yellow, zero), ‏ضربة (bang, beating, belt, biff, bob, bump, chap, clout, hurt, inflexion, infliction, lash, pelt, plug, pulse, shot, smack, sock, strike, stroke, tank, thrust, wipe), ‏طار مع الريح, ‏عاصفة (foul wind, gale, ground swell, gust, storm, tempest, thunder, weather), ‏باقة أزهار (bouquet, posy), ‏تباهى (boast, brag, give oneself airs, make a hit, parade, plume, pride, show off, take a pride, take a pride in, talk big), ‏كارثة (calamity, casualty, catastrophe, disaster, evil, fatal, fate, grief, holocaust, plague, scourge, shambles), ‏غادر (depart, disloyal, false, feline, get carried away, go, hop, insidious, jump, leave, pop off, quit, ratty, retire, scram, skip, snaky, sneak, snide, start, traitorous, treacherous), ‏لطمة (buffet, cuff, slap), ‏لهث (be out of breath, breath heavily, gasp, pant, puff, wheeze), ‏نفخ في آلة معدنية, ‏هب (blow up, breathe, supposing), ‏هجوم (aggression, assault, attack, dash, offence, offensive, onrush, onset, onslaught, pounce, push, raid, rush, swoop), ‏مرحلة النفخ, ‏مصيبة (adversity, affliction, calamity, catastrophe, disaster, distress, misfortune, ordeal, scourge, trial, tribulation, woe), ‏عصف (rave, storm). (various references)

Basque

kolpe (hit, knock, stroke). (various references)

Bulgarian 

неочаквано щастие (prize, windfall), духвам (blow out, insufflate, mizzle, mosey, puff out), издухвам, изпразвам чрез продухване, избухвам (blaze, blow up, break forth, burst out, erupt, explode, fire, flash, fly into a rage, fulminate, go off the deep end, lose one's temper, pop off), изгарям (blight, blow out, burn, burn away, burn out, burn up, consume, cremate, fuse, go phut, incinerate, parch, scorch), правя мехури, продухвам, проветряване (aeration, airing, ventilation), пъхтя (pant), задъхвам се (gasp, pant, poop), духам (puff), наплювам (spit at), удар (bang, bat, buff, buffet, butt, chop, clash, clump, counter, cut, dint, go off, hit, impact, impingement, jab, jar, keystroke, knock, pass, pelt, percussion, push, rap, shake, shock, shy, smack, smash, strike, stroke, thrust, touch, turn, whack, whiplash, wipe), отварям с взлом (pry open), отвявам (blow away, blow off, fan, winnow), вея (fan, flaunt, flirt, puff, winnow), цвят (bloom, blossom, color, coloring, colour, colouring, flower, hue, inflorescence, pick, suit, tint, tone), цъфтеж (bloom, flourishing, flower, flowering, inflorescence), цъфтя (bloom, blossom, effloresce, flower), хвърлям във въздуха (send up), раздухвам (fan, instigate, key up, quicken, rake up, stir up), разцвет (bloom, florescence, flourishing, flowering, heyday, meridian, noon, pride, prime, springtime, summer, zenith), разцъфтявам (bloom, flower), разходка (airing, drive, outing, perambulation, promenade, ramble, stroll, ta-ta, tour, turn, walk), надувам (blow out, inflate, swell). (various references)

Catalan

cop. (various references)

Chinese 

颳 , 颼 (sound of wind), 吹动. (various references)

Czech

foukat. (various references)

Danish

slag (action, battle, fight, scuffle, struggle), blæse. (various references)

Dutch

slag (accomplishment, action, agony, battle, expertness, fight, grasp, kind, knock, movement, scuffle, skilfulness, skill, skillfulness, snare, sort, struggle, trap, turn), mep, klap (knock), houw (contused wound), flap (tear). (various references)

Esperanto

blovi, bato, venti. (various references)

Faeroese

blása, slag (breed, kind, race, sort, type). (various references)

Farsi 

وزیدن (Puff, Whiff), ترکیدن (Blowout, Burst, Crack, Dehisce, Explode, Pop, Reave, Rive, Rupture), دمیدن (Bop), دراثردمیدن ایجادصداکردن . (various references)

Finnish

puhaltaa. (various references)

French

coup, souffler sur, souffler (to blow). (various references)

Frisian

blaze, slach (property, quality). (various references)

German

schlag (apoplectic fit, ball, bang, bash, beat, belt, bent, bolt, buffet, chime, chop, clap, clout, clump, cosh, coup, cuff, fit, helping, hit, kick, kind, knock, lash, Pat, pelt, percussion, poke, pulsation, punch, putt, seizure, shock, shot, slap, smack, smash, sock, sort, stinger, strike, stripe, stroke, stroke of apoplexy, swat, tack, tap, thud, thump, thwack, type, wallop), wehen (birth pangs, contraction, drift, fly, labor, labor pains, labour, labour pains, pains, to breeze, waft, wave), hieb (beating, chop, clip, crack, dig, gash, hack, hiding, hit, rapier, slash, stroke, thrust, welt), blasen (bladders, blisters, blow on, bubble, bubbles, cystic, puff, to blow, to toot, toot, wind), streich (caper, coup, escapade, frolic, hoax, joke, prank, slash, stroke, sweep, trick), stoß (barge, batch, belch, biff, blast, brunt, bump, burst, butt, dig, gasp, hit, impact, jab, jog, joint, jolt, kick, knock, mound, nudge, pile, poke, prod, punch, push, put, rush, selvage, shock, shove, shunt, stab, stack, stope, stroke, throw, thrust, tilt, tremor, volley). (various references)

Greek 

φυσώ (blast, puff, snort, whiff). (various references)

Hebrew 

מחי (stroke), מכה (bump, cut, defeat, hit, knock, plague, smash, striking, stroke, swat), מהלומה (hit, knock, pound, smash, stroke, thunderclap), לשרוק (hiss, hoot, pipe, sing, whistle), לפוצץ (blast, blow up, bust, detonate, explode, let off), לפוח (breathe), להפיח (breathe, inspire, spread), לנשוף (exhale, puff), לנשוב (breathe), לנפוח, פגיעה (damage, detriment, harm, hit, hurt, impact, incidence, injury, insult, offence, shot), נגיפה (push, routing), נגע (evil, leprosy, lesion, pestilence, plague, punishment, scurf, stroke, trouble). (various references)

Hungarian

széllökés (blast, flaw, flurry, gust, gust of wind, squall, waft, wind gust), fújás (blowing), fúj (blew, blown, puff, to blow, to bluster, to huff, to waft, to wind, wound). (various references)

Icelandic

slag. (various references)

Indonesian

busa (foam, gasp, lather, scum, suds), berhembus, pemukulan, mengangin (become wind), gasakan (drubbing, hitting). (various references)

Italian

soffiare (puff, wave, wind), colpo (bang, beat, bout, buffet, bump, chop, clap, clout, dab, dash, fit, flap, flick, hit, hitch, hoot, jab, knock, pelt, punch, punishment, putt, rap, shock, shot, slam, slap, sock, splash, stamp, sting, strike, stroke, thump, thwack, whack), battuta (bar, bat, beat, gag, knock, punch, Sally, serve, service, stroke, wham). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

ブレーク信号 (blade, blazer, blazer coat, blend, blended whiskey, bleomycin, bracelet, braid, brain, brain trust, brainstorming, bread, break, break signal, breast, breast stroke, breaststroke, breath, brochure, broken, broken English, broken heart, broker, brooch), 打撃　 (damage, shock, strike), 打撃 (batting, damage, shock, strike), 当て身 (strike). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ブロー , あてみ (strike), だげき (batting, damage, shock, strike). (various references)

Korean 

한번 불기. (various references)

Malay

embus ... mengembus. (various references)

Manx

tharmane (alarm, atmospherics, boom, boom noise, clash, concussion, confusion, continual noise, crash, crash of noise, din, report, rumble, rumbling, smacking, tumult), tarnoal (clout, clump, knockdown blow, knockout, stroke), shellym (bugle, call, call of trumpet), losh (clout, thump), labb (bash, bump, clout, cuff, thump), feddanit, cayrnal (sound, trumpet). (various references)

Occitan

bufar, còp (hit, knock, stroke). (various references)

Papiamen

blas, supla. (various references)

Pig Latin

owblay.(various references)

Portuguese

sopro (blowing, breath, puff, souffle, whiff), soprar (fan, prompt, puff, set, waft). (various references)

Romanian

bãtaie (battue, beat, beating, box, bursting, close, concussion, cudgeling, cuff, cuffing, drubbing, dusting, fight, fighting, flogging, fray, lacing, licking, Pat, patter, pattering, percussion, pick, range, rattle, row, run, scramble, scrap, scuffle, set to, shot, slap, slapping, stroke, sweep, thrashing, throbbing, thud, thump, toll, tussle, warming), bate (bark, baste, bastinado, bay, beat, beat up, beetle, belabour, best, box, bruise, buffet, burst, chastise, chime, clap, club, cob, contend, cuff, curry, dash, defeat, drive, drub, flail, flicker, flog, go, hit, horse, knock, knock in, lace, larrup, lash, lash into, lick, mint, paddle, palpitate, Pat, patter, peal, pound, pulsate, pulse, range, rap, rattle, ring, shake up, shine, slap, smite, sound, spank, strike, swinge, switch, tan, tap, tew, thrash, throb, thwack, tick, tinkle, toll, wallop, whip, worst), blestema (ban, beshrew, blaspheme, blast, curse, cuss, damn, darn, execrate, imprecate, swear), gâfâi (gasp, pant, puff, roar, wheeze), înflorire (efflorescence, florescence, flourishing, flower, flowering, inflorescence, may, noon, noonday, noontide, pride, prime, prosperity, summer), adia (breathe, puff, wave, whiff), aer insuflat (blast), arunca în aer (throw up), cânta la trompetã, cânta la un instrument (execute), ciomag (bat, black jack, bludgeon, club, lick), curent de aer (stream of air), fi purtat, înflori (bloom, blossom, boom, break into blossom, effloresce, flourish, flower, thrive), furtunã (agitation, commotion, gale, hurricane, riot, squall, storm, swell, tempest, thunder storm, thunderstorm, tumult), umfla (bag, belly, bunt, expand, fill, fill out, grow, heighten, inflate, overdraw, pad, puff, swell), goli prin suflare, goli printr-un curent de aer, izbiturã (bang, bounce, bump, concussion, dash, hit, jolt, knock, stroke), loviturã (attack, bang, bat, beat, beating, box, bump, burglary, butt, calamity, cant, clap, clip, coup, cuff, dash, drive, fib, flap, go, heading, hit, hunch, hurt, jab, jolt, kick, knock, lick, master stroke, pelt, push, round, set back, shack, shock, shot, slash, sling, smack, smash, stab, stick, strike, stroke, sweep, thrust), nenorocire (accident, affliction, bale, bane, calamity, catastrophe, curse, disaster, distress, evil, ill, misadventure, misery, misfortune, need, reverse, rod, scourge, sore, trouble), pumn (buffet, bunch of five, fist, handful), rãsufla (breathe, draw a breath), respira greu (puff, throttle), sãri în aer, sufla (blow one's nose, breathe, gasp, prompt, puff, whiff, whisper), sufla în (blow up, breathe, puff, puff out), sufla greu (pant, wheeze, wind), suflare (blowing, breath, breathing, draught, puff, waft, wind), fluiera (catcall, damn, goose, pipe, piss, sing, whistle, whiz). (various references)

Russian 

удар (a smack in the eye /in the face/, apoplexy, bash, box, buffet, bump, cant, chop, clap, cob, cut, dash, fit of apoplexy, hit, impact, impingement, jab, kick, knock, loft, lunge, percussion, pick, push, putt, shock, stabbings, stroke, swat, thrust, wallop, well-judged blow, welt), раздувать пламя (fan the flame), цвет (bloom, blossom, color, colour, dye, flower, hue), навеять (waft), навевать (waft, wafted, wafting), программировать ппзу, продувка, пыхтеть (pant, puff, whuff), порыв ветра (flatus, gust, gust of wind, onset of wind, windflaw), плавка в конверторе, дуть удар, дуть (blew, blown), дунуть, дуновение (blowing, breath, flatus, puff). (various references)

Scottish

beum (a stroke, cut, reproach; ring by striking, stroke, taunt). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

bura (bora, gale, tempest), udarac (beat, bogey, bunt, dig, hit, impact, jolt, lash, lick, puff, punch, stroke, thwack, wallop, whack), udar (fire, impact, jerk, knock, shock, smack, strike, stroke, thrust), trubiti (beep, blare, honk, toot, tootle), pušiti (have a smoke, smoke), pušenje (smoking), duvati (blow on), dahtati (gasp, pant), čišćenje kotlova. (various references)

Spanish

golpe (bang, bat, belt, buffet, concussion, coup, crack, cut, hit, hook, jab, job, kick, knock, pelt, poke, prod, shock, shot, slam, smack, strike, stroke, wallop), soplar (blow up, fan, grass, inform, peach, prompt, puff, set, sit, split, tell, waft). (various references)

Sranan

bro (breath, breathe), bofta, way. (various references)

Swedish

blåsa (bister, bladder, blister, blowing, bubble, huff, puff, suck in, vesicular, whistle, wind), fläkta (fan, stir), törn (bump, push, watch), slag (action, bang, battle, beat, bilge, bust, clip, clout, cuff, cut, day, description, dye, fashion, fight, genre, genus, hit, impingement, jab, kidney, kind, knock, lape, lapel, larrup, lash, leg, lick, moment, nature, order, percussion, quality, scuffle, shock, slap, smack, species, stamp, strike, stroke, struggle, tack, tap, thump, turn, type, warbling, wham, whang), rapp (black horse, crack, crisp, lash, quick, whip). (various references)

Tagalog

hípan. (various references)

Turkish

hamle (attack, burst, dart, dash, drive, elan, lunge, move, onset, pounce, push, put, run up, scoop, scrum, scrummage, spurt), çalmak (abstract, adopt, bag, beat, beat out, chime, cop, crib, defalcate, filch, finger, grind, grind out, heist, hijack, hoist, hook, hoot, incline, jangle, jingle, knelt, knock, knock off, lift, make off with, mooch, nobble, peal, pilfer, pinch, play, plunder, rap, render, ring, rustle, scrounge, sneak, snitch, sound, steal, strike, swipe, tend, thieve, toll, twang, verge, verge into, verge on, walk away with, walk off with, whip), çarçur etmek (blue, cast away, dissipate, pour down the drain, squander, trifle away, waste), çiçek açmak (bloom, blossom, come into flower, effloresce, flower), çiçeklenmek (bloom, blossom, come into flower, flower), övünme (big talk, boast, boasting, bounce, brag, bragging, egotism, gas, rodomontade, self praise, vaunt), üfleme (blast, blowing, insufflation, puff, puffing, wind), üflemek (blow out, breathe upon, insufflate, puff, puff out, whiff, whiffle), atmak (affix, beat, blow out, cashier, cast, cast away, cast off, catapult, chuck, chuck away, chuck out, dart, dash, deliver, discharge, doff, draw the longbow, drop, eject, elbow out, elbow smb. out, eliminate, fabricate, fetch, fib, flash, fling, fling away, fling out, fuse, fuze, give a kick, heave, hurl, inflict, insert, invent, junk, launch, let fly, loose, loose off, order off, peg, peg at, pelt, pitch, precipitate, project, pulsate, pulse, put, scutch, send, shoot, shoot out, shy, sling, tell a fib, tell lies, throw, throw away, throw into, toss, uncork, utter, void), şanssızlık (adversity, bad, bad luck, contretemps, hard line, hard luck, hoodoo, ill luck, mischance, misfortune, rotten luck, sorrow), şok (concussion, impact, jar, jolt, jounce, quick-freezing, shock, trauma), darbe (bash, beat, biff, brunt, bump, chop, clip, clout, concussion, coup, coup de main, coup d'etat, crusher, cut, dash, facer, finisher, hack, hit, ictus, impact, jolt, kayo, knock, pound, putsch, shock, smasher, stroke, thwack, whack, whammy), esinti (air, breath, breeze, puff, waft, whiff, wind, zephyr), esmek (breathe, fan, fan out, set, whiffle), çalma (abstraction, defalcation, knock, larceny, pilferage, playing, rendering, rendition, stealing, strike, tendency, theft), patlamak (blow out, blow up, break, burst, crack, detonate, erupt, explode, fulminate, go off, go pop, go up, knock back, let fly, plonk, plunk, pop, puncture, set back, snap, spring), yelpazelemek, yüksekten atma (big talk, bluster, bounce, brag, flatulence, pretension, tub-thumping), uçurmak (blow away, fly, let fly, sail, whip off), su fışkırtmak, solumak (breathe, draw in, inhale, pant, respire), fışkırmak (belch, burst, ejaculate, erupt, flush, gush out, spout, spurt, squirt, well, well forth, well out, well up), rüzgâr (blast, breeze, flatus, wind), felâket (affliction, bane, blight, calamity, calvary, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, debacle, disaster, distress, fatality, fate, harm, hell, hell of, helluva, misfortune, mishap, plague, scathe, scourge, tragedy, undoing), kahretmek (confound, crush, oppress, overwhelm), kaçmak (abscond, bolt, break, break away, bunk, clear off, decamp, defect, desert, elope, escape, fade, flee, fly, fly away, get away, go by, hook it, ladder, Lam, lapse, leg it, light out, make a bolt for it, make off, nip off, pack up, pull out, retreat, run, run away, run off, scamper away, scoot, scuttle, skip, skip it, skip out, slip, slip off, slope off, take flight, travel, walk off), kaçırmak (abduct, chill, exude, flush, give off, hijack, kidnap, ladder, let escape, let slip, lose, make off with, Miss, ooze, pass up, put off, rape, ravish, shuffle, slip, snatch, spirit away, spoil, whisk), küfretmek (abuse, blackguard, blaspheme, blaspheme against, call names, curse, rail, revile, revile against smth., revile at smth., slang, swear, vituperate), körüklemek (blow with bellows, embitter, fan, instigate, rush up, wake, waken, work up), yumruk (biff, box, buffet, fist, jab, plug, punch, thump), soluk soluğa kalmak. (various references)

Turkmen 

urgy (shock), ьflemek (gust), цwьsmek. (various references)

Ukrainian

процвістати, дмухати, видувати, зігрівати дихянням, звучати (chime, clink, resound, sound, tune, twang), звук духового інструмента, віяти (breeze in, whiff, winnow), прочищати (blow out), гнати (bear, career, chivvy, chivy, hie, run, spur on), продувати (blow through), подув (air, blowing, breath, breathing, flatus, sigh, waft, waftage, whiff), подих (breath, breathing, flatus, waft), перерва (adjournment, break, caesura, cessation, discontinuity, intermission, intermittence, interruption, interstice, letup, pause, pretermission, recreation, rest, vacation), палити (burn, funk, grill, smoke), дути (afflate), бушувати (bluster, rage, roughen, storm, tempest), хвастати (beat to drums, bluster, boast, brag, cut a dash, display, flourish, gab, gasconade, glory, splurge, swank, talk big, talk horse, vapor, vapour, vaunt), свістіти, розцвітати (open), розквіт (blossom, blowing, efflorescence, florescence, heyday, noon, noonday, noontide, pride, prime, well being, zenith), розвіювати (chase, settle, whiffle), розпалювати (burn up, dither, enkindle, foment, hot, hot up, quicken, waken, warm, whip), відпочинок (bait, comfort, recreation, refreshment, relaxation, repose, resource, rest, sabbath, vacation), хвастощі (blowing, boast, boasting, bounce, brag, braggery, bravadoes, display, flash, gasconade, jactation, jactitation, ostent, ostentation, rodomontade), сурмити (wind), цвісти (bloom, blossom), цвітіння (blowing, blowth, florescence, flower, flowering, inflorescence), цвіт (bloom, blossom, blowth, flower), фонтан кита, курити (smoke), грати (bar, bars, grating, lattice, perform, play), хвастун (big noise, brag, braggart, bucko, fanfaron, whiffler). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự nở hoa ngọn gió hơi thổi (blown), cú choáng người chống lại giúp đỡ (blown), cú đánh đòn tai hoạ (blown), ủng hộ (blown, encouraging), điều gây xúc động mạnh (blown). (various references)

Welsh

pelten, megino (work bellows), ffonnod (stripe, stroke), ergyd (bang, cast, shot, stroke), dyrnod (stroke), cnith (pluck, slight touch), chwythu (blast, breathe, hiss). (various references)

sig. (various references)

plaga. (various references)

adflictus, adflictusque, afflatus, alapam, anima, animantem, animantia, animantibus, animantium, animas, animo, aspirare, contumelia, flabit, flante, flantem, flare, flaret, flatu, flatum, flatus, flaverunt, flavit, flent, flere, fles, flet, fletis, floriens, ictibus, ictu, ictum, ictus, insufla, insuflabant, insuflasti, insuflavit, offensio, plaga, plagae, plagam, plagarum, plagas, plagatus, plagis, pulsus, secure, securem, securi, securibus, securim, securis, securium, securum, spirabit, spirans, spirant, spirantem, spirantes, spirare, spirarent, spiraret, spirat, sufflabo, sufflantem, sufflatorium, sufflaveris, sufflavit. (various references)

blawan. (various references)

blouwen. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "blow": blowback, blowbacks, blowball, blowballs, blowby, blowbys, blowdown, blowdowns, blowed, blower, blowers, blowfish, blowfishes, blowflies, blowfly, blowgun, blowguns, blowhard, blowhards, blowhole, blowholes, blowier, blowiest, blowing, blown, blowoff, blowoffs, blowout, blowouts, blowpipe, blowpipes, blows, blowsed, blowsier, blowsiest, blowsily, blowsy, blowtorch, blowtorches, blowtube, blowtubes, blowup, blowups, blowy, blowzed, blowzier, blowziest, blowzily, blowzy. (additional references)

Words ending with "blow": counterblow, deathblow, flyblow, overblow, shadblow. (additional references)

Words containing "blow": counterblows, deathblows, flyblowing, flyblown, flyblows, glassblower, glassblowers, glassblowing, glassblowings, handblown, mindblower, mindblowers, overblowing, overblown, overblows, shadblows, snowblower, snowblowers, whistleblower, whistleblowers, whistleblowing, whistleblowings, windblown. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Blow" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baow, Bilbow, bilow, bl, blaw, blewb, blewe, blewf, blewg, blewi, blewl, blewm, blewp, blewt, blewz, blo, blod, bloe, blog, blok, blon, bloo, bloow, blop, blor, blos, blouw, blov, blowe, blowy, blox, Bloy, bluow, bol, bollow, bolow, bowk, Brlog, Bullow, bylo, elow, llow, Ulowi. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: bowl.

-1 letter: bow, lob, low, owl.

-2 letters: bo, lo, ow, wo.

+1 letter: below, blown, blows, blowy, bowel, bowls, elbow.

+2 letters: barlow, behowl, bellow, belows, billow, blowby, blowed, blower, blowsy, blowup, blowzy, bowels, bowled, bowleg, bowler, elbows, lowboy, wobble, wobbly.

+3 letters: barlows, batfowl, beclown, behowls, bellows, billows, billowy, blowbys, blowers, blowfly, blowgun, blowier, blowing, blowoff, blowout, blowsed, blowups, blowzed, boweled, bowlder, bowlegs, bowlers, bowless, bowlful, bowlike, bowline, bowling, cowbell, dowable, elbowed, embowel, flyblow, lawbook, lobworm, longbow, lowball, lowborn, lowboys, lowbred, lowbrow, outbawl, ownable, plowboy, rowable, sowable, teabowl, wobbled, wobbler, wobbles.