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blowsnoun1pl. of blow a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrumenthe was dizzy for the rest of the day after the blow to his head bangs, bashes, bats, beats, belts, biffs, bops, boxes, buffets, busts, chops, claps, clips, clouts, cracks, cuffs, dabs, douses(British), fillips, hacks, haymakers, hits, hooks, knocks, larrups(dialect), lashes, licks, pelts, picks, plumps, pokes, pounds, punches, raps, slams, slaps, slugs, smacks, smashes, socks, spanks, stingers, stripes, strokes, swats, swipes, switches, thuds, thumps, thwacks, wallops, welts, whacks, whams, whops(also whaps) counterblows(or counter-blows), counterpunches, counters, counterstrokes(or counter-strokes)body blows, hands, kicks, knees, lefts, one-twos, rabbit punches, right-handers, rights, roundhouses, shivers, sidewinders, sucker punches, swings, uppercutscrunchers, kayos, knockdowns, knockouts, KOsbastinadoes(or bastinades), batterings, beatings, drubbings, lickings, pastings, thrashingswallopings, whippings, whips blowsnoun2pl. of blowa sudden brief rush of windthe ocean blows that sweep over the island are so strong that only the hardiest shrubs can grow there blasts, flurries, gusts, scuds, williwaws, windblasts breezes, zephyrscurrents, draftsairs, breaths, waftspuffs, whiffsbluster, gales, hurricanes, squalls, tempests, tornadoes(or tornados), windstormsnortheasters, northerlies, northers, northwesters, southeasters, southwesters, westerlies blowsverb1present tense third-person singular of blowto breathe hard, quickly, or with difficultythat horse was really blowing after the race gasps, heaves, hyperventilates, pants, puffs, wheezes chokes, gags, gulps, huffsasphyxiates, smothers, stifles, stranglessnores, snufflesexhales, expires is out of breath to use up carelesslyeach year he blows his holiday bonus on a trip to Las Vegas dissipates, fiddles away, fritters (away), lavishes, loses, misspends, runs through, spends, squanders, throws away, trifles (away), wastes splurgesconsumes, depletes, exhausts, impoverishes, overspends, shootsindulges, overindulgesdisburses, expends, lays out plays ducks and drakes with(or makes ducks and drakes of) conserves economizes, scrimps, skimpspreserves, protects, saveshoards, lays up to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressurea huge crater was formed when the volcano last blew blows up, bursts, crumps, detonates, explodes, goes off, pops fragments, shatters, smashes, splintersdischarges, fires, shootsballoons, burgeons(also bourgeons), mushrooms implodes collapses, fizzles to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosiveone false move and we would be blown to bits blasts, blows up, bursts, demolishes, explodes, pops, shatters, smashes dynamitesannihilates, decimates, destroysruins, wrecksdetonates, dischargesfragments, splinters collapses, implodes to proceed or move quicklythat car blew past us as if we were standing still barrels, belts, blasts, blazes, bolts, bombs(slang), bowls, breezes, bundles, bustles, buzzes, cannonballs, careens, careers, chases, courses, cracks (on), dashes, drives, flies, hares, hastens, hies, highballs, hotfoots (it), humps, hurls, hurries, hurtles, hustles, jets, jumps, motors, nips, pelts, races, rams, rips, rockets, runs, rushes, rustles, scoots, scurries, scuttles, shoots, speeds, steps, tears, travels, trots, whirls, whisks, zips, zooms beetles, darts, flits, scampers, scuds, scufflesstampedes, streaks, whizzesgallops, jogs, sprintsaccelerates, quickens, steps outcatches up, fast-forwards, outpaces, outruns, outstrips, overtakesarrows, beelines beats it, gets a move on, makes tracks, shakes a leg, steps on it crawls, creeps, pokes dallies, dawdles, dillydallies, drags, hangs (around or out), lags, lingers, loiters, pokes, tarriesambles, lumbers, plods, saunters, shuffles, strollsdecelerates, slows (down or up) to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful wayhe keeps blowing every job interview that comes his way bobbles, boggles, bollixes (up), boots, botches, buggers (up), bumbles, bungles, butchers, dubs, flubs, fluffs, foozles, fouls up, fumbles, goofs (up), louses up, mangles, messes (up), mucks up, muffs, murders, screws up blunders, gums (up), muddles, pifflesblemishes, blights, damages, flaws, harms, hurts, impairs, injures, mars, mutilates, ruins, spoils, vitiatesdestroys, wrecksmishandles, mismanages ameliorates, betters, enhances, helps, improves, meliorates, rectifies, refines, reforms, remediesdoctors, fixes, patches, reconditions, renovates, repairs, revamps to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excessanother self-made millionaire blowing about how much he'd achieved boasts, brags, bulls(slang), crows, gasconades, swaggers, vapors, vaunts blusters, harangues, puffspridesgushesexults, glories, rejoicesbrandishes, displays, exhibits, exposes, flaunts, glorifies, parades, shows offmagnifies, maximizes blows smoke belittles, deprecates, diminishes, discounts, laughs off, minimizes, plays down, pooh-poohs(also poohs), shrugs off, underrates, undervaluesbemoans, laments, mourns, regrets blowsverb2present tense third-person singular of blowto produce flowerslonging for a grassy field in some far-off land where the wildflowers blow blooms, blossoms, burgeons(also bourgeons), effloresces, flowers, unfolds leafs, leavesbudsopens dries up, fades, shrivels, wilts, withersdies, drops, expires, perishes |