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To produce an air current.

To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.

To be propelled by an air current.

(figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.

To create or shape by blowing.

To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.

To clear of contents by forcing air through.

To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.

To make a sound as the result of being blown.

(of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.

To burst or explode; to occur suddenly

(with prep phrase headed by "to") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.

(of a person) To blow from a gun.

To cause the sudden destruction of.

To suddenly fail destructively.

(slang) To recklessly squander.

(idiomatic) To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.

(vulgar) To be very undesirable.

(vulgar) To perform oral sex on (someone); to fellate.

(slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.

To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.

(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.

To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.

(brag) (dated) To talk loudly; boast; brag.

To slander, insult, critique or discredit (someone); to reprimand or scold (someone).

(archaic) To expose, or inform on.

📑 Synonyms: grass up

(AAVE) To sing.

To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.

(colloquial) To flatulate or defecate.

A strong wind.

(informal) A chance to catch one's breath.

(slang) Cocaine.

📑 Synonyms: Thesaurus:cocaine

(slang) Cannabis.

📑 Synonyms: Thesaurus:marijuana

(slang) Heroin.

📑 Synonyms: Thesaurus:heroin

(vulgar) A blowjob; fellatio.

📑 Synonyms: Thesaurus:oral sex

(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.

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(blue) (Northern England) Blue. (Blues)

An instance of the act of striking or hitting.

📑 Synonyms: bace strike hit punch

A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

A damaging occurrence.

📑 Synonyms: disaster calamity

(historical) A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.

(NZ) An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.

(television) (the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene)

(blossom) To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

A mass or display of flowers; a yield.

A display of anything brilliant or bright.

A bloom, (id=condition) of flowering.