Clues for the word "BLOW"
We've had 137 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 215 times in crosswords. It was last seen in LA Times crossword on April 24, 2024.
Definition of blow
- v. i. - To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
- v. t. - To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).
- n. - A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.
- n. - A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
- n. - A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
- n. - The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.
- v. i. - To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
- v. i. - To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.
- v. i. - To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
- v. i. - To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
- v. i. - To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.
- v. i. - To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.
- v. i. - To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
- v. t. - To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.
- v. t. - To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.
- v. t. - To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ.
- v. t. - To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.
- v. t. - To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.
- v. t. - To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.
- v. t. - To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.
- v. t. - To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
- v. t. - To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.
- v. t. - To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.).
- n. - A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.
- n. - The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.
- n. - The spouting of a whale.
- n. - A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.
- n. - An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.
Referring Clues
- Joe ___
- Hard punch
- Gust
- Throw away
- With 43-Across, use bubble gum?
- ___ hot and cold (vacillate)
- Big storm
- Totally botch
- Severe setback
- Ruin big-time
- Squander
- Explode, as a volcano
- Whammy
- Completely bungle
- Botch
- Sudden shock
- Hard hit
- Cocaine, in slang
- What to do after making a birthday wish
- 2001 Johnny Depp film
- Split
- Joe or low follower
- Leave, in slang
- Throw away, as a lead
- Make a mess of
- What winds do
- Play a trumpet
- Make a bubble
- Exhale like a whale
- Bungle
- Squander, in slang
- Stupidly lose, as a game
- Emulate Gabriel
- More than exhale
- Waste, as a fortune
- Big wind
- Huff and puff
- Lose, as a big lead
- Extinguish candles, in a way
- Major setback
- Send, as an air kiss
- Extinguish, with "out"
- Explode
- "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll ___ ..."
- Karate chop, e.g.
- Play sax, e.g.
- Drug that is, ironically, inhaled
- Erupt
- Go with the wind
- Botch, so to speak
- Coke
- You might do it after making a wish
- Play a horn
- Puff
- Spend lavishly
- Lose intentionally
- Unfortunate occurrence
- Strike
- Forceful hit
- Johnny Depp movie
- Mighty punch
- Play the horn
- With 89 Across, lose one's advantage
- Miss, as a chance
- Opposite of suck
- Sudden bit of bad news
- Squander, as a wad of cash
- Really ruin
- With "job," what a 46-Across might do
- Command to Gabriel
- Diddle away
- Sudden misfortune
- Big windstorm
- Low ___: cheap shot
- Winds do it
- *Orca feature
- Squander, as cash
- Serious punch
- Word with smoke or kisses
- Take a sobriety test
- Dry opening?
- Spend wastefully
- Lose a big lead in
- Cuff
- ___ one's horn
- What to do to a horn
- Misfortune
- "'ll huff and I'll puff and I'll ___...22
- Make bubbles with a wand
- Breathe hard or pant
- '80s band The ___ Monkeys
- Barry White lyric "Because you ___ my mind"
- Fan of Wales at first supports Bale with love
- It's a setback when a trainee has to bow out
- Hit - disappointment
- Cease to be a problem
- Setback
- Blast! It's a setback
- It strikes one as a mild expletive
- Sock to the gut, e.g.
- Explode, ___ up
- To be a woodwind player is a poisonous job
- Eg pot with opening for spout
- Tube weapon shifted below to smother radio signal
- Bowled short, a disappointment
- 2001 crime film starring Johnny Depp as a cocaine smuggler
- Expose, especially a scandal or illegal activity
- Disappointment? Puff needed
- Drug left in London area
- Play a tuba or trumpet
- Try to put out birthday candles
- Propel with a peashooter
- Word after Joe or low
- Lam it
- Squander, as a lead
- Use a whistle
- Leave, slangily
- Emit air
- Hit
- "... and I'll puff, and I'll ___ ..."
- ___ up (explode)
- Could such a lamp put a candle out?
- It's a setback in windy weather
- Crushing setback
- Spend carelessly
- *Whale's opening
- Whistle
- Exhale
- Severe disappointment
- A smack in a gale?
- Lose after being way ahead, as a lead
- Boxing punch
- ___ out the candles
- Current hit
- Punch
- Try to put out trick candles
- ___ Pop (lollipop brand)
Last Seen In
- LA Times - April 24, 2024
- Family Time - March 31, 2024
- Family Time - March 17, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - March 02, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 15, 2024
- USA Today - January 25, 2024
- New York Times - December 20, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - October 26, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - June 13, 2023
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 16, 2023
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 03, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - April 12, 2023
- New York Times - April 10, 2023
- Penny Dell Daily - March 17, 2023
- LA Times - February 13, 2023
- Daily American - February 07, 2023
- USA Today - December 16, 2022
- Penny Dell Daily - December 07, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - November 24, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - November 11, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - November 06, 2022
- Evening Standard Quick - October 27, 2022
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - July 26, 2022
- USA Today - July 01, 2022
- New York Times - February 03, 2018
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - January 30, 2018
- New York Times - December 28, 2017
- Mirror Quick - December 17, 2017
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 16, 2017
- Guardian Weekend - November 11, 2017
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