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blow hot and cold

blow hot and cold
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [bloh hot and kohld]
    • /bloʊ hɒt ænd koʊld/
    • /bləʊ hɒt ənd kəʊld/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [bloh hot and kohld]
    • /bloʊ hɒt ænd koʊld/

Definitions of blow hot and cold words

  • noun blow hot and cold to vacillate 3
  • noun blow hot and cold to be favorable toward something and then opposed to it; vacillate 3
  • verb without object blow hot and cold (of the wind or air) to be in motion. 1
  • verb without object blow hot and cold to move along, carried by or as by the wind: Dust seemed to blow through every crack in the house. 1
  • verb without object blow hot and cold to produce or emit a current of air, as with the mouth or a bellows: Blow on your hands to warm them. 1
  • verb without object blow hot and cold (of a horn, trumpet, etc.) to give out sound. 1
See all 45 definitions of blow hot and cold

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Origin of blow hot and cold

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English blowen (v.), Old English blāwan; cognate with Latin flāre to blow

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Parts of speech for Blow hot and cold

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Blow hot and cold

blow hot and cold popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for blow hot and cold

verb blow hot and cold

  • flip-flop — Informal. a sudden or unexpected reversal, as of direction, belief, attitude, or policy.
  • fluctuate — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
  • vacillate — to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
  • change one's mind — to alter one's decision or opinion
All 4 Synonyms of blow hot and cold

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