blow

Slang Dictionary

blow definition


  1. tv. & in.
    to leave (someplace) in a hurry. (See also blow town; blow the joint.) : It's late. I gotta blow.
  2. tv.
    to ruin something; to ruin an opportunity. : It was my last chance, and I blew it.
  3. n.
    a setback; an attack. : Acme Systems Industries suffered a blow to its plans to acquire ABC Steel Widgets.
  4. tv.
    to waste money; to spend money. : Mary blew forty bucks on a secondhand radio.
  5. in.
    to become very angry; to lose one's temper. (See also blow a fuse.) : Finally I had had enough, and I blew.
  6. in.
    to play a musical instrument, not necessarily a wind instrument. : He blows, and everybody listens.
  7. n.
    and blow-out. a drinking party. : What a blow over at Joe's. I'll never get sober. , We blew out of the blow-out at about midnight.
  8. tv.
    to snortany powdered drug; to take snuff. (Drugs.) : Those guys spend all their time blowing coke.
  9. in.
    to smoke marijuana. (Drugs.) : He sits there blowing by the hour. How can he afford it?
  10. n.
    cocaine. (Drugs.) : You can get some good blow over at that crack house.
  11. tv.
    to perform an act of oral sex on someone, especially males. (Usually objectionable.) : Tom was looking for some bone addict who would blow him for nothing.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
Slang Dictionary

blow (so) definition


  1. tv.
    to kill someone; to shoot someone. (Underworld.) : The boss said we was to blow you away if you gives us any trouble.
  2. tv.
    to overwhelm someone; to amaze someone. : The whole idea just blew her away.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source

blow (so/sth) definition


  1. tv.
    to neglect or ignore someone or something. : Get it done now. Don't blow it off!
  2. tv.
    to cheat someone or a group; to deceive someone or a group. : Don't try to blow me off! I know what's what.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source

blow (so's) definition


  1. tv.
    to impress someone; to overwhelm someone. : This whole business just blows my mind.
  2. tv.
    [for a drug] to intoxicate someone. : This stuff will blow your mind.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source

blow (sth) definition


  1. tv.
    to ruin or waste something. : I had a chance to do it, but I blew it.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases

blow

In addition to the idioms beginning with blow, also see at one stroke (blow); body blow; come to blows; keep (blow) one's cool; low blow; way the wind blows.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature