blow a fuse

To be in a state of motion. Used of the air or of wind.

To move along or be carried by or as if by the wind: Her hat blew away.

To expel a current of air, as from the mouth or from a bellows.

To produce a sound by expelling a current of air, as in sounding a wind instrument or a whistle.

To breathe hard; pant.

To storm: It blew all night.

To release air or gas suddenly; burst or explode: The tire blew.

1. To fail or break down, as from being operated under extreme or improper conditions: The furnace blew during the cold snap.

2. To melt or otherwise become disabled. Used of a fuse.

To spout moist air from the blowhole. Used of a whale.

Informal To boast.

Slang To go away; depart.

To cause to move by means of a current of air.

To expel (air) from the mouth.

To cause air or gas to be expelled suddenly from: blew a tire.

To drive a current of air on, in, or through: blew my hair dry after I shampooed it.

To clear out or make free of obstruction by forcing air through: constantly blowing his nose in allergy season.

To shape or form (glass, for example) by forcing air or gas through at the end of a pipe.

Music

1. To cause (a wind instrument) to sound.

2. To sound: a bugle blowing taps.

3. To cause to be out of breath.

4. To allow (a winded horse) to regain its breath.

5. To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions: blew the engine on the last lap.

6. To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.

7. To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.

8. To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.

9. Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.

10. To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.

1. To cause to be out of breath.

2. To allow (a winded horse) to regain its breath.

3. To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions: blew the engine on the last lap.

4. To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.

5. To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.

6. To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.

7. Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.

8. To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.

To demolish by the force of an explosion: An artillery shell blew our headquarters apart.

To lay or deposit eggs in. Used of certain insects.

1. To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions: blew the engine on the last lap.

2. To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.

3. To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.

4. To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.

5. Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.

6. To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.

Slang

1. To spend (money) freely and rashly. See Synonyms at waste.

2. To spend money freely on; treat: blew me to a sumptuous dinner.

3. Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.

4. To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.

Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio on.

1. Slang To spoil or lose through ineptitude. See Synonyms at botch.

2. To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized: a story in the press that blew their cover; an agent who was blown by the opposition.

Slang To depart (a place) in a great hurry: Let's blow this city no later than noon.

The act or an instance of blowing.

1. A blast of air or wind.

2. A storm.

Informal An act of bragging.

Slang Cocaine.

To kill by shooting, especially with a firearm.

To defeat decisively.

To affect intensely; overwhelm: That concert blew me away.

To relieve or release (pressure); let off.

Slang To choose not to attend or accompany: They wanted us to come along, but we blew them off.

To extinguish or be extinguished by a gust of air: blow out a candle.

To fail, as an electrical apparatus.

To erupt in an uncontrolled manner. Used of a gas or oil well.

To come into being: A storm blew up.

To fill with air; inflate: blow up a tire.

To enlarge (a photographic image or print).

To explode: bombs blowing up.

To lose one's temper.

To kill by shooting, especially with a firearm.

To defeat decisively.

To affect intensely; overwhelm: That concert blew me away.

To relieve or release (pressure); let off.

Slang To choose not to attend or accompany: They wanted us to come along, but we blew them off.

To extinguish or be extinguished by a gust of air: blow out a candle.

To fail, as an electrical apparatus.

To erupt in an uncontrolled manner. Used of a gas or oil well.

To come into being: A storm blew up.

To fill with air; inflate: blow up a tire.

To enlarge (a photographic image or print).

To explode: bombs blowing up.

To lose one's temper.

To speak deceptively.

To brag or exaggerate.

A safety device that protects an electric circuit from becoming overloaded. Fuses contain a length of thin wire (usually of a metal alloy) that melts and breaks the circuit if too much current flows through it. They were traditionally used to protect electronic equipment and prevent fires, but have largely been replaced by circuit breakers.

A cord of readily combustible material that is lighted at one end to carry a flame along its length to detonate an explosive at the other end.

To melt something, such as metal or glass, by heating.

To blend two or more substances by melting.