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blow
Synonyms and Antonyms of blow
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
bang, bash, bat, beat, belt, biff, bop, box, buffet, bust, chop, clap, clip, clout, crack, cuff, dab, douse [British], fillip, hack, haymaker, hit, hook, knock, larrup [dialect], lash, lick, pelt, pick, plump, poke, pound, punch, rap, slam, slap, slug, smack, smash, sock, spank, stinger, stripe, stroke, swat, swipe, switch, thud, thump, thwack, wallop, welt, whack, wham, whop (also whap)
counter, counterblow, counterpunch, counterstroke
body blow, hand, kick, knee, left, one-two, rabbit punch, right, right-hander, roundhouse, shiver, sidewinder, sucker punch, swing, uppercut
cruncher, kayo, knockdown, knockout, KO
bastinado (or bastinade), battering, beating, bludgeoning, clobbering, cudgeling (or cudgelling), drubbing, hammering, lambasting, licking, pasting, pounding, pummeling (also pummelling), thrashing
blow
Synonyms and Antonyms of blow
a sudden brief rush of wind
blow
Synonyms and Antonyms of blow
1
to breathe hard, quickly, or with difficulty
be out of breath
2
to use up carelessly
play ducks and drakes with (or make ducks and drakes of)
3
to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure
4
to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive
5
to proceed or move quickly
barrel, belt, blast, blaze, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scoot, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom
beat it, get a move on, make tracks, shake a leg, step on it
6
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
7
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
blow smoke
blow
Synonyms and Antonyms of blow
to produce flowers
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