Words starting with blowthew
Maybe these words will be useful:
- blowtorch — A blowtorch is the same as a blowlamp.
- blowtube — a tube used for blowing air or oxygen into a flame to intensify its heat
- blow an eprom — /bloh *n ee'prom/ (Or "blast", "burn") To program a read-only memory, e.g. for use with an embedded system. This term arose because the programming process for the Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM) that preceded present-day Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory (EPROM) involved intentionally blowing tiny electrical fuses on the chip. The usage lives on (it's too vivid and expressive to discard) even though the write process on EPROMs is nondestructive.
- blowing your buffer — (jargon) Losing your train of thought. A reference to buffer overflow.
- blow a kiss — to kiss one's hand, then blow across it as if to carry the kiss through the air to another person
- blow dryer — a handheld hair dryer
- blow one's horn — to boast about oneself; brag
- blow one's own trumpet — to boast of one's own skills or good qualities
- blow the gaffe/gaff — If you blow the gaffe or blow the gaff, you tell someone something that other people wanted you to keep secret.
- blow the whistle (on) — to report or inform (on)