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blow one's stack

stack
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stak]
    • /bloʊ wʌnz stæk/
    • /bləʊ wʌnz stæk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stak]
    • /bloʊ wʌnz stæk/

Definitions of blow one's stack words

  • noun blow one's stack to lose one's temper; fly into a rage 3
  • noun blow one's stack a more or less orderly pile or heap: a precariously balanced stack of books; a neat stack of papers. 1
  • noun blow one's stack a large, usually conical, circular, or rectangular pile of hay, straw, or the like. 1
  • noun blow one's stack Often, stacks. a set of shelves for books or other materials ranged compactly one above the other, as in a library. 1
  • noun blow one's stack stacks, the area or part of a library in which the books and other holdings are stored or kept. 1
  • noun blow one's stack a number of chimneys or flues grouped together. 1
See all 25 definitions of blow one's stack

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Origin of blow one's stack

First appearance:

before 1250
One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; (noun) Middle English stak < Old Norse stakkr haystack; (v.) Middle English stakken, derivative of the v.

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Parts of speech for Blow one's stack

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Blow one's stack

blow one's stack popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% 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".

Synonyms for blow one's stack

verb blow one's stack

  • blow up — If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
  • blow a fuse — If you blow a fuse, you suddenly become very angry and are unable to stay calm.
  • blow one's top — to lose one's temper
  • lose one's temper — (Intransitive Verb) IDI To become explosively angry or very cross.
All 4 Synonyms of blow one's stack

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