Definition of blow

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Blow (n.) The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows..

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Suffocate :: Sufflation (n.) The act of blowing up or inflating.
Bob :: Bob (n.) A blow; a shake or jog; a rap, as with the fist..
Clip :: Clip (n.) A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip..
Dodge :: Dodge (v. t.) To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown..
Buffet :: Buffet (v. i.) A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity..
Knock :: Knock (n.) A blow; a stroke with something hard or heavy; a jar.
Wound :: Wound (n.) To hurt by violence; to produce a breach, or separation of parts, in, as by a cut, stab, blow, or the like..
Martel :: Martel (v. i.) To make a blow with, or as with, a hammer..
Blown :: Blown (p. p. & a.) Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; fly blown.
Percussion :: Percussion (n.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate..
Basset Horn :: Basset horn (a.) An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves..
Clout :: Clout (n.) A blow with the hand.
Dent :: Dent (n.) A stroke; a blow.
Wallop :: Wallop (n.) A blow.
Fan :: Fan (n.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire, ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel..
Mall :: Mall (n.) A heavy blow.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To diminish the force of; to lessen the shock of, as a fall or blow..
Politzerization :: Politzerization (n.) The act of inflating the middle ear by blowing air up the nose during the act of swallowing; -- so called from Prof. Politzer of Vienna, who first practiced it..
Inflate :: Inflate (p. a.) Blown in; inflated.
Blowze :: Blowze (n.) A ruddy, fat-faced woman; a wench..
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