| blow | | |
| n. (act) | 1. blow | a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon.; "a blow on the head" |
| ~ backhander | a backhanded blow. |
| ~ clip | a sharp slanting blow.; "he gave me a clip on the ear" |
| ~ whang, whack, knock, rap, belt | the act of hitting vigorously.; "he gave the table a whack" |
| ~ thwack | a hard blow with a flat object. |
| ~ smacking, slap, smack | the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand. |
| ~ smacker | a very powerful blow with the fist. |
| ~ knockdown | a blow that knocks the opponent off his feet. |
| ~ kayo, ko, knockout | a blow that renders the opponent unconscious. |
| ~ swat | a sharp blow. |
| ~ whiplash, lash, whip | a quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object.; "the whip raised a red welt" |
| ~ biff, punch, lick, clout, poke, slug | (boxing) a blow with the fist.; "I gave him a clout on his nose" |
| ~ box | a blow with the hand (usually on the ear).; "I gave him a good box on the ear" |
| ~ kick, kicking, boot | the act of delivering a blow with the foot.; "he gave the ball a powerful kick"; "the team's kicking was excellent" |
| ~ stroke | a single complete movement. |
| ~ fighting, combat, fight, scrap | the act of fighting; any contest or struggle.; "a fight broke out at the hockey game"; "there was fighting in the streets"; "the unhappy couple got into a terrible scrap" |
| ~ counterblow | a return blow; a retaliatory blow. |
| ~ swing | a sweeping blow or stroke.; "he took a wild swing at my head" |
| ~ knife thrust, stab, thrust | a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument.; "one strong stab to the heart killed him" |
| ~ stinger | a sharp stinging blow. |
| ~ thump | a heavy blow with the hand. |
| ~ uppercut | a swinging blow directed upward (especially at an opponent's chin). |
| ~ hammering, pounding, hammer, pound | the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows).; "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway" |
| ~ shot | a blow hard enough to cause injury.; "he is still recovering from a shot to his leg"; "I caught him with a solid shot to the chin" |
| ~ wallop | a severe blow. |
| n. (event) | 2. blow, bump | an impact (as from a collision).; "the bump threw him off the bicycle" |
| ~ impact | the striking of one body against another. |
| ~ jolt, jounce, jar, shock | a sudden jarring impact.; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers" |
| ~ concussion | any violent blow. |
| ~ rap, tap, strike | a gentle blow. |
| ~ bang, bash, smash, knock, belt | a vigorous blow.; "the sudden knock floored him"; "he took a bash right in his face"; "he got a bang on the head" |
| ~ buffeting, pounding | repeated heavy blows. |
| ~ sideswipe | a glancing blow from or on the side of something (especially motor vehicles). |
| ~ slap, smack | a blow from a flat object (as an open hand). |
| n. (event) | 3. black eye, blow, reversal, reverse, setback | an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating. |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ whammy | a serious or devastating setback. |
| n. (event) | 4. blow, shock | an unpleasant or disappointing surprise.; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured" |
| ~ surprise | a sudden unexpected event. |
| ~ blip | a sudden minor shock or meaningless interruption.; "the market had one bad blip today"; "you can't react to the day-to-day blips"; "renewed jitters in the wake of a blip in retail sales" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 5. blast, blow, gust | a strong current of air.; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" |
| ~ bluster | a violent gusty wind. |
| ~ sandblast | a blast of wind laden with sand. |
| ~ puff, puff of air, whiff | a short light gust of air. |
| ~ air current, current of air, wind | air moving (sometimes with considerable force) from an area of high pressure to an area of low pressure.; "trees bent under the fierce winds"; "when there is no wind, row"; "the radioactivity was being swept upwards by the air current and out into the atmosphere" |
| n. (artifact) | 6. blow, c, coke, nose candy, snow | street names for cocaine. |
| ~ cocain, cocaine | a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive. |
| n. (act) | 7. blow, puff | forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth.; "he gave his nose a loud blow"; "he blew out all the candles with a single puff" |
| ~ breathing out, exhalation, expiration | the act of expelling air from the lungs. |
| ~ insufflation | an act of blowing or breathing on or into something. |
| v. (body) | 8. blow | exhale hard.; "blow on the soup to cool it down" |
| ~ breathe out, exhale, expire | expel air.; "Exhale when you lift the weight" |
| ~ gasp, pant, puff, heave | breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" |
| ~ chuff, huff, puff | blow hard and loudly.; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" |
| ~ insufflate | blow or breathe hard on or into. |
| v. (weather) | 9. blow | be blowing or storming.; "The wind blew from the West" |
| ~ breeze | blow gently and lightly.; "It breezes most evenings at the shore" |
| ~ set in | blow toward the shore.; "That gale could set in on us with the next high tide" |
| ~ waft | blow gently.; "A breeze wafted through the door" |
| ~ storm | blow hard.; "It was storming all night" |
| ~ squall | blow in a squall.; "When it squalls, a prudent sailor reefs his sails" |
| ~ bluster | blow hard; be gusty, as of wind.; "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered" |
| v. (body) | 10. blow | free of obstruction by blowing air through.; "blow one's nose" |
| ~ eject, expel, exhaust, release, discharge | eliminate (a substance).; "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas" |
| v. (motion) | 11. be adrift, blow, drift, float | 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" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ float | move lightly, as if suspended.; "The dancer floated across the stage" |
| ~ waft | be driven or carried along, as by the air.; "Sounds wafted into the room" |
| ~ tide | be carried with the tide. |
| ~ drift | cause to be carried by a current.; "drift the boats downstream" |
| ~ stream | to extend, wave or float outward, as if in the wind.; "their manes streamed like stiff black pennants in the wind" |
| v. (perception) | 12. blow | make a sound as if blown.; "The whistle blew" |
| ~ blow | play or sound a wind instrument.; "She blew the horn" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (change) | 13. blow | shape by blowing.; "Blow a glass vase" |
| ~ shape, form | give shape or form to.; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character" |
| v. (social) | 14. ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil | make a mess of, destroy or ruin.; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" |
| ~ go wrong, miscarry, fail | be unsuccessful.; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably" |
| v. (possession) | 15. blow, squander, waste | spend thoughtlessly; throw away.; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" |
| ~ expend, use | use up, consume fully.; "The legislature expended its time on school questions" |
| ~ blow | spend lavishly or wastefully on.; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater" |
| ~ burn | spend (significant amounts of money).; "He has money to burn" |
| v. (possession) | 16. blow | spend lavishly or wastefully on.; "He blew a lot of money on his new home theater" |
| ~ expend, spend, drop | pay out.; "spend money" |
| ~ squander, waste, blow | spend thoughtlessly; throw away.; "He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends"; "You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree" |
| v. (perception) | 17. blow | sound by having air expelled through a tube.; "The trumpets blew" |
| ~ blow | play or sound a wind instrument.; "She blew the horn" |
| ~ sound, go | make a certain noise or sound.; "She went `Mmmmm'"; "The gun went `bang'" |
| v. (perception) | 18. blow | play or sound a wind instrument.; "She blew the horn" |
| ~ blow | make a sound as if blown.; "The whistle blew" |
| ~ blow | sound by having air expelled through a tube.; "The trumpets blew" |
| ~ sound | cause to sound.; "sound the bell"; "sound a certain note" |
| v. (perception) | 19. blow, fellate, go down on, suck | provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation. |
| ~ excite, stir, stimulate | stir feelings in.; "stimulate my appetite"; "excite the audience"; "stir emotions" |
| v. (motion) | 20. blow | cause air to go in, on, or through.; "Blow my hair dry" |
| ~ send, direct | cause to go somewhere.; "The explosion sent the car flying in the air"; "She sent her children to camp"; "He directed all his energies into his dissertation" |
| ~ blast | apply a draft or strong wind to to.; "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us" |
| v. (motion) | 21. blow | cause to move by means of an air current.; "The wind blew the leaves around in the yard" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ whiff | drive or carry as if by a puff of air.; "The gust of air whiffed away the clouds" |
| v. (motion) | 22. blow | spout moist air from the blowhole.; "The whales blew" |
| ~ gush, spirt, spout, spurt | gush forth in a sudden stream or jet.; "water gushed forth" |
| v. (motion) | 23. blow, shove along, shove off | leave; informal or rude.; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!" |
| ~ depart, go away, go | move away from a place into another direction.; "Go away before I start to cry"; "The train departs at noon" |
| v. (contact) | 24. blow | lay eggs.; "certain insects are said to blow" |
| ~ lay, put down, repose | put in a horizontal position.; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" |
| v. (communication) | 25. blow | cause to be revealed and jeopardized.; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" |
| ~ disclose, divulge, let on, expose, give away, let out, reveal, unwrap, discover, bring out, break | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
| v. (communication) | 26. blow, bluster, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt | show off. |
| ~ puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner.; "A puffing kind of man" |
| ~ exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw | to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth.; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" |
| ~ crow, gloat, triumph | dwell on with satisfaction. |
| v. (communication) | 27. blow | allow to regain its breath.; "blow a horse" |
| ~ rest | give a rest to.; "He rested his bad leg"; "Rest the dogs for a moment" |
| v. (change) | 28. blow, blow out, burn out | melt, break, or become otherwise unusable.; "The lightbulbs blew out"; "The fuse blew" |
| ~ conk out, go bad, break down, die, fail, give out, give way, break, go | stop operating or functioning.; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident" |
| v. (change) | 29. blow | burst suddenly.; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire" |
| ~ burst, break open, split | come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure.; "The bubble burst" |
| puff | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. puff, puff of air, whiff | a short light gust of air. |
| ~ gust, blast, blow | a strong current of air.; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust" |
| n. (food) | 2. puff | a light inflated pastry or puff shell. |
| ~ pastry | any of various baked foods made of dough or batter. |
| ~ cream puff, chou | puff filled with cream or custard. |
| n. (communication) | 3. puff | exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes). |
| ~ good word, recommendation, testimonial | something that recommends (or expresses commendation of) a person or thing as worthy or desirable. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. comfort, comforter, puff, quilt | bedding made of two layers of cloth filled with stuffing and stitched together. |
| ~ bed clothing, bedclothes, bedding | coverings that are used on a bed. |
| ~ continental quilt, duvet, eiderdown | a soft quilt usually filled with the down of the eider. |
| ~ patchwork quilt, patchwork | a quilt made by sewing patches of different materials together. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. powderpuff, puff | a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin. |
| ~ pad | a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort. |
| n. (artifact) | 6. hassock, ottoman, pouf, pouffe, puff | thick cushion used as a seat. |
| ~ seat | furniture that is designed for sitting on.; "there were not enough seats for all the guests" |
| n. (act) | 7. drag, puff, pull | a slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke).; "he took a puff on his pipe"; "he took a drag on his cigarette and expelled the smoke slowly" |
| ~ smoking, smoke | the act of smoking tobacco or other substances.; "he went outside for a smoke"; "smoking stinks" |
| ~ breathing in, inhalation, intake, aspiration, inspiration | the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing. |
| ~ toke | a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette.; "the boys took a few tokes on a joint" |
| v. (consumption) | 8. puff, whiff | smoke and exhale strongly.; "puff a cigar"; "whiff a pipe" |
| ~ smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes.; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" |
| v. (consumption) | 9. drag, draw, puff | suck in or take (air).; "draw a deep breath"; "draw on a cigarette" |
| ~ breathe in, inhale, inspire | draw in (air).; "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well" |
| ~ smoke | inhale and exhale smoke from cigarettes, cigars, pipes.; "We never smoked marijuana"; "Do you smoke?" |
| v. (body) | 10. gasp, heave, pant, puff | breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted.; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" |
| ~ blow | exhale hard.; "blow on the soup to cool it down" |
| v. (emotion) | 11. puff | make proud or conceited.; "The sudden fame puffed her ego" |
| ~ elate, intoxicate, uplift, lift up, pick up | fill with high spirits; fill with optimism.; "Music can uplift your spirits" |
| v. (communication) | 12. puff, puff up | praise extravagantly.; "The critics puffed up this Broadway production" |
| ~ praise | express approval of.; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance" |
| v. (communication) | 13. puff | speak in a blustering or scornful manner.; "A puffing kind of man" |
| ~ boast, brag, gasconade, shoot a line, vaunt, bluster, gas, tout, swash, blow | show off. |
| v. (change) | 14. blow up, puff, puff out, puff up | to swell or cause to enlarge,.; "Her faced puffed up from the drugs"; "puffed out chests" |
| ~ swell up, tumesce, intumesce, tumefy, swell | expand abnormally.; "The bellies of the starving children are swelling" |
| v. (body) | 15. chuff, huff, puff | blow hard and loudly.; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain" |
| ~ blow | exhale hard.; "blow on the soup to cool it down" |
| adj. | 16. puff, puffed | gathered for protruding fullness.; "puff sleeves" |
| ~ fancy | not plain; decorative or ornamented.; "fancy handwriting"; "fancy clothes" |
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