Lexic.us

Definition of Blow out

1. Verb. Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable. "The fuse blew"

2. Verb. Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights. "Snuff out the candles"

3. Verb. Erupt in an uncontrolled manner. "The oil well blew out"

Definition of Blow out

1. Verb. (transitive) To extinguish something, especially a flame. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To deflate quickly on being punctured.. ¹

3. Verb. (sports transitive) In a sporting contest, to dominate and defeat an opposing team, especially by a large scoring margin. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) to exhaust; to physically tire ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blow Out

blow football blow gas blow horn blow hot and cold blow it blow me blow off blow off steam blow one's cool blow one's nose

blow one's own horn blow one's stack blow one's top blow out (current term) blow out of proportion blow out of the water blow over blow smoke blow someone's brains out blow someone's mind

blow someone out of the water blow the whistle blow this for a game of soldiers blow this pop stand blow this popsicle stand blow torch blow tube

Literary usage of Blow out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Spell of the Yukon, and Other Verses by Robert William Service (1907)
"THE RECKONING It's fine to have a blow-out in a fancy restaurant, With terrapin and canvas-back and all the wine you want; To enjoy the flowers and music, ..."

2. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"A blow out is simply a hole blown through the ear- Fig. ... We will designate the first mentioned as a "rim blow out," and the latter as a "tread blow out. ..."

3. Principles and Practice of Electrical Engineering by Alexander Gray (1917)
"Blow-out Coils.—If the conductor ab, Fig. 136, is carrying FiG. 136.—Principle of the blow-out coil. current and is in the magnetic field NS, it is acted on ..."

4. The Oceanic Languages: Their Grammatical Structure, Vocabulary, and Origin (1907)
"... to blow out of the mouth, blow, as with bellows, ... to blow with the mouth, blow out, puff, eject venom from spittle (a man). the mouth (as a serpent), ..."

5. The Nursery by John L. Shorey (Firm (1870)
"DON'T blow out THE GAS. THERE was a little boy named Andrew, ... I have been used all my life to blowing out candles; and why shouldn'tI blow out this gas? ..."

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