ALL meanings of blow up
blow up
B b - verb with object blow up to burst, melt, burn out, or destroy by exploding, overloading, etc. (often followed by out): to blow a tire; blow a fuse. 1
- verb with object blow up to destroy; demolish (usually followed by down, over, etc.): The windstorm blew down his house. 1
- verb with object blow up Informal. to spend money on. to squander; spend quickly: He blew a fortune on racing cars. to waste; lose: The team blew the lead by making a bad play. 1
- verb with object blow up Informal. to mishandle, ruin, botch; make a mess of; bungle: With one stupid mistake he blew the whole project. It was your last chance and you blew it! 1
- verb with object blow up Slang. to damn: Blow the cost! 1
- verb with object blow up to put (a horse) out of breath by fatigue. 1
- verb with object blow up Slang. to depart from: to blow town. 1
- verb with object blow up Slang: Vulgar. to perform fellatio on. 1
- verb with object blow up Slang. to smoke (marijuana or other drugs). 1
- noun blow up an explosion. 1
- noun blow up a violent argument, outburst of temper, or the like, especially one resulting in estrangement. 1
- noun blow up Also, blow-up. an enlargement of a photograph. 1
- idioms blow up blow hot and cold, to favor something at first and reject it later on; waver; vacillate: His enthusiasm for the job blows hot and cold. 1
- idioms blow up blow off steam, Informal. steam (def 23). Also, let off steam. 1
- idioms blow up blow one's cool, Slang. to lose one's composure; become angry, frantic, or flustered. 1
- idioms blow up blow one's cover. cover (def 52). 1
- idioms blow up blow one's lines, Theater. to forget or make an error in a speaking part or stage directions. 1
- idioms blow up blow one's mind. mind (def 36). 1
- idioms blow up blow one's stack. stack (def 23). 1
- idioms blow up blow one's top. top1 (def 43). 1
- verb blow up (Intransitive Verb) To explode or be destroyed by explosion. 0
- verb blow up (Transitive Verb) To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion. 0
- verb blow up (Transitive Verb) To inflate or fill with air. 0
- verb blow up (Transitive Verb) To enlarge or zoom in. 0
- verb blow up (Intransitive Verb) To fail disastrously. 0
- verb blow up (Slang) VI To become popular very quickly. 0
- verb blow up (Slang) To suddenly get very angry. 0
- verb blow up (Slang) VI To relatively quickly become much more fat or rotund. 0
- verb blow up (Transitive Verb) (dated) To inflate, as with pride, self-conceit, etc.; to puff up. 0
- verb blow up (Transitive Verb) (dated) To excite. 0
- verb blow up (Transitive Verb) (dated) To scold violently. 0
- verb blow up whistle. 0