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Meaning
Verb
●
To
blow
something upward.
●
To
explode
or be
destroyed
by explosion.
●
To cause (something or someone) to
explode
, or to
destroy
(something) or
maim
or
kill
(someone)
by means of
an explosion.
●
To
inflate
or
fill
with
air
, either by
literally
blowing
or using an
air
pump.
●
In Size:
To
enlarge
or
zoom
in.
●
To
fail
disastrously.
●
To become
popular
very quickly.
●
In Anger:
To
suddenly
get very angry.
●
To become much more
fat
or
rotund
in a
short
space
of time.
●
In Anger:
To
inflate
,
as with
pride
,
self-conceit
, etc.; to
puff
up.
●
To excite.
●
In Anger:
To
scold
violently.
●
In Sports:
To
blow
the whistle.
●
In Cycling:
To
succumb
to
oxygen debt
and
lose
the ability to
maintain
pace
in a race.
●
To
bombard
with a large number of
calls
,
texts
, etc; often
exasperating
the recipient.
●
Receiving a large number of
calls
or
notifications
to the point
of making the
device
effectively
unusable.
●
To cause a
malodorous
smell
by
flatulation
or defecation.
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Synonyms
Explode
Blew Up
Blown Up
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