{ "dictype": "WikiDicScrap", "error": false, "code": 200, "json": { "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "bloʊ" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/blow.ogg" }, { "lang": "Audio (US)", "url": "/var/www/html/blab/dic/audio/us/blow.mp3" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "From Middle English blowen, from Old English blāwan (“to blow, breathe, inflate, sound”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāan, from Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”) (compare German blähen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to swell, blow up”) (compare Latin flō (“to blow”) and Old Armenian բեղուն (bełun, “fertile”)).", "From Middle English blo, bloo, from Old English blāw (“blue”), from Proto-Germanic *blēwaz (“blue, dark blue, grey, black”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlēw- (“yellow, blond, grey”). Cognate with Latin flavus (“yellow”). Doublet of blue.", "From Middle English blowe, blaw, northern variant of blēwe, from Proto-Germanic *blewwaną (“to beat”) (compare Old Norse blegði (“wedge”), German einbläuen, Middle Dutch blouwen). Related to block.", "From Middle English blowen, from Old English blōwan, from Proto-Germanic *blōaną (compare Dutch bloeien, German blühen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃- (compare Latin florēre (“to bloom”))." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(intransitive) To produce an air current." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.\nBlow the dust off that book and open it up." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.\nThe leaves blow through the streets in the fall." }, { "mean": "(figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.\nto blow the fire" }, { "mean": "(transitive) To clear of contents by forcing air through.\nto blow an egg\nto blow one's nose\nThe submarine blew its main ballast tanks." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.\nIn the harbor, the ships' horns blew." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, of a cetacean) To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.\nThere's nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow.\nThere she blows! (i.e. \"I see a whale spouting!\")" }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly\nGet away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!" }, { "mean": "(transitive, with \"up\" or with prep phrase headed by \"to\") To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.\nThe demolition squad neatly blew the old hotel up.\nThe aerosol can was blown to bits." }, { "mean": "(transitive, historical, military, of a person) To blow from a gun." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To cause the sudden destruction of.\nHe blew the tires and the engine." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.\nHe tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line." }, { "mean": "(transitive, slang) To recklessly squander.\n\nI managed to blow $1000 at blackjack in under an hour.\nI blew $35 thou on a car.\nWe blew an opportunity to get benign corporate sponsorship." }, { "mean": "(transitive, informal, idiomatic) To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.\nI blew it and forgot to start the spaghetti, so I had plenty of sauce and no pasta.\nGood luck, and don't blow it!" }, { "mean": "(intransitive) (used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn." }, { "mean": "(intransitive, stative, slang, sometimes considered vulgar) To be very undesirable.\nSynonym: suck\nThis blows!" }, { "mean": "(transitive, vulgar) To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man).\nWho did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:give head" }, { "mean": "(transitive, slang) To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.\nLet's blow this joint." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose." }, { "mean": "(obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up." }, { "mean": "(intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff." }, { "mean": "(transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue." }, { "mean": "(dated) To talk loudly; boast; brag." }, { "mean": "(UK, slang, archaic) To expose, or inform on.\nSynonym: grass up" }, { "mean": "(slang, informal, African-American Vernacular) To sing.\nThat girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!" }, { "mean": "(Scientology, intransitive) To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner." }, { "mean": "(slang, colloquial) To flatulate or defecate.\nUh, oh! I gotta blow!" } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "A strong wind.\nWe're having a bit of a blow this afternoon." }, { "mean": "(informal) A chance to catch one's breath.\nThe players were able to get a blow during the last timeout." }, { "mean": "(uncountable, US, slang) Cocaine.\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:cocaine" }, { "mean": "(uncountable, UK, slang) Cannabis.\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:marijuana" }, { "mean": "(uncountable, US Chicago Regional, slang) Heroin.\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:heroin" }, { "mean": "(informal, vulgar) A blowjob; fellatio.\nSynonyms: see Thesaurus:oral sex\nHis girlfriend gave him a blow." }, { "mean": "(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." } ] }, { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "blow (comparative blower or more blow, superlative blowest or most blow)\n\n (nowchieflydialectal,Northern England) Blue." } ] }, { "name": "Noun_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "The act of striking or hitting.\nSynonyms: bace, strike, hit, punch\nA fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.\nDuring an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the midsection." }, { "mean": "A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault." }, { "mean": "A damaging occurrence.\nSynonyms: disaster, calamity\nA further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park." }, { "mean": "(Australia, shearing, historical) A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears." }, { "mean": "(Australia, New Zealand) An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below." }, { "mean": "(television) Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”)" } ] }, { "name": "Verb_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom." } ] }, { "name": "Noun_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "A mass or display of flowers; a yield." }, { "mean": "A display of anything brilliant or bright." }, { "mean": "A bloom, state of flowering.\nRoses in full blow." } ] }, { "name": "Further_reading", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Jonathon Green(2023),“blown.3”, inGreen's Dictionary of Slang" } ] } ] }, "meanskor": { "etymologies": [ "", "", "", "" ], "typelist": [ { "name": "동사.", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "형용사", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "동사_2", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "명사_3", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" }, { "mean": "" } ] }, { "name": "추가_판독", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "" } ] } ] } } }