blow out Definition

blow¹
verb blew (past tense), blown (past participle), blowed (past participle only in sense 12), blowing (present participle)

intr
1. Said of a current of air or wind, etc: to be moving, especially rapidly.
tr & intr
2. To move or be moved by a current of air or wind, etc.

Thesaurus: waft, flutter, whisk, fling, whirl, flap, wave, buffet.
Form: blow along (often)
Form: blow down
3. To send (a current of air) from the mouth.
4. To form or shape (eg bubbles, glass) by blowing air from the mouth.
5. To shatter or destroy something by an explosion.

Form: blow something off (often)
Form: blow something out
Form: blow something in
Form: blow something up
6. To produce a sound from (an instrument, etc) by blowing into it.
7. To clear something by blowing through it.

Example: blow one's nose
8a. colloq
To make (an electric fuse) melt and so interrupt the circuit;
intr
8b. colloq
Said of an electric fuse: to melt, causing an interruption in the flow of current.
Form: blow out (also)
9. To break into (a safe, etc) using explosives.
10. Slang to spoil or bungle (an opportunity, etc).

Example: He had his chance, and he blew it
11. slang
To spend a large amount of money, especially quickly or recklessly.
Thesaurus: spend, waste, squander, lay out, pay out.
12. slang
Often used in mild curses, expressions of annoyance, astonishment, etc: to damn, curse or blast
Example: Blow the expense, let's get a taxi
Example: Well I'll be blowed, it's my old friend Pat!
13. slang
To disclose or give away (something secret or confidential).
Form: blow the gaff (often)
Form: blow one's cover
Form: blow someone's cover
(chiefly US slang)
tr & intr
14. To leave (a place) quickly and suddenly.
intr
15. To breathe heavily.

Example: puffing and blowing after the jog
16. Said of a whale: to exhale a spout of air and water through a hole in the top of its head

Example: There she blows!
17. Said of an insect, especially a fly: to deposit eggs on or in something.

noun

1. An act or example of blowing.
2. A spell of exposure to fresh air.

Example: Let's go for a blow on the cliffs

exclamation

1. ! expressing annoyance; damn!

Form: blow it (also)

Idiom: blow hot and cold on something or someone

colloq
To keep changing one's mind about (an idea, plan, person, etc), sometimes favouring or showing enthusiasm towards it or them, and sometimes opposing or showing no enthusiasm.

Idiom: blow one's or someone's cover

slang
To reveal one's or someone's true identity.

Idiom: blow one's or someone's mind

slang
To become or make someone become intoxicated or ecstatic under the influence of a drug or of some exhilarating experience.

Idiom: blow one's own trumpet

colloq
To praise oneself and one's own abilities and achievements.

Idiom: blow something sky-high

To destroy it completely.

Idiom: blow one's stack (blow one's top)

colloq
To explode in anger; to lose one's temper.

Idiom: blow the gaff

(rit)
slang
To give away a secret; to inform or blab.

Idiom: blow the whistle on someone

colloq
To inform on them, usually as they are engaged in something illegal or fraudulent.

Idiom: blow the whistle on something

colloq
To bring (something deceitful or illegal, etc) to an abrupt end by exposing it.

Idiom: I'll be blowed (blow me!, blow me down!)

(rit)
slang
Expressions of surprise, etc (see verb 12 above).

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon blawan.

Phrasal Verb: blow someone away

To murder them with a gun. 2 to surprise and excite them.
Example: The percussion in the second movement just blew me away

Phrasal Verb: blow something away or off

To remove it by blowing.To disprove (eg a hypothesis, theory, etc).

Phrasal Verb: blow in

To turn up casually or unexpectedly. See also blow-in.

Phrasal Verb: blow out

Said of a tyre: to burst; to puncture suddenly and forcibly when in use;Said of an electric fuse: to melt or blow (see verb 8b above);Said of a storm, etc: to let up, or become weaker or extinguished. See also blow-out.

Phrasal Verb: blow something out

To put out (a flame, etc) by blowing.To send (a window, etc) forcibly outwards as the result of an explosion.

Phrasal Verb: blow over

Said of an incident, quarrel, threat, storm, etc: to pass by, especially without having any harmful or lasting effect; to die down or come to an end.

Phrasal Verb: blow through

To leave, especially quickly or abruptly. Also shoot through.

Phrasal Verb: blow up

Said of a person: to explode in anger.To fill up or swell up with air or gas.To explode. See also verb 5 above.
Example: The truck hit the bridge and blew up

Phrasal Verb: blow someone up

To lose one's temper with them.To bring about their death by way of an explosion.

Phrasal Verb: blow something up

To inflate (eg a balloon).To produce a larger version of (a photograph, etc).To make it seem more serious or important than it really is.To destroy it by way of an explosion.