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to blow

to blow

122 9.9
To use your mouth to give someone sexual pleasure
  • verb
  • /bloʊ/
  • Offensive
: hacer una mamada
  • How else do you think Jessica learned to be so good at blow jobs?

Yeah, I'll fucking blow coke and blow guys named Jordan.

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Examples

  • Who do you have to blow to get a Scotch around here?

    Fiction book (2002)
  • "Who do I have to blow to get this kind of service?" she asked.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • and if I had a couple of more beers I may let you blow me

  • He asked me if I wanted to blow him after the party.

  • She confidently offered to blow him in exchange for his support.

  • They joked about how some girls would blow guys without thinking twice.

Synonyms

to suck
vsto blow
  • Offensive
399 9.9

To use the mouth to give sexual pleasure to another person

is also slang in addition to being vulgar
to suck cock
vsto blow
  • Offensive
45 9.9

To perform oral sex on a man or use as a rude insult

is used only for the sexual act, not as an insult
to go down on
vsto blow
  • Offensive
38 9.9

To use your mouth to touch another person's private parts

is slangier and more vulgar in everyday speech
to give head
vsto blow
  • Offensive
16 9.9

To use your mouth to make a man's penis feel good

is used more generally and not focused mainly on men
to fellate
vsto blow
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To use your mouth on someone's penis to give sexual pleasure

is the slang and vulgar expression for that same action
to smoke someone's pole
vsto blow
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To use the mouth to touch a man's penis

is a general slang term for performing oral sex without male focus

Idioms

27 6.2

To surprise someone a lot and make them feel excited

To beat someone or something completely by a lot

To seriously damage an idea or reputation

9 4.7

Make bad news or a loss easier to accept

to blow a fuse
  • Informal
6 7.4

To suddenly become very angry

2 7.2

To do much better than people expect

2 6.8

To surprise and beat someone or something by a large amount

To leave a place quickly because you do not want to be there

1 8.4

To change your feelings or opinion often and without warning

To take action that supports justice

Make a fire burn hotter by blowing air on hot coals

to suck and blow
  • Informal
1 9.9

To try to do two opposite things at the same time

to blow one's load
  • Offensive
9.9

Informal and rude way to use up all your energy or resources at once

8.6

Suddenly get very angry and show it

8.0

To suddenly become very angry

To talk proudly about your own abilities or achievements

9.9

To spend all your money at once

8.8

To make someone very impressed or be much better than something

Phrasal Verbs

804 2.7

To cause something to explode violently

189 5.6

To become detached and carried away by a strong force

to blow off
  • Informal
174 7.0

To not attend or take part in something you should, often to do something else instead

to blow up
  • Informal
66 4.7

To suddenly become very angry and lose control

64 2.4

Stop a flame by breathing on it

53 3.6

To become less serious or be forgotten over time

to blow out
  • Specialized
53 4.1

Stop working because of too much electricity or heat

To tell the authorities or the public about wrongdoing

Air that moves quickly through a room or open window

34 2.7

To fill something with air or gas until it gets larger

31 3.5

Do something active, like go for a run, to feel less angry or stressed

A plan or action that fails suddenly and causes big problems for the person who planned it

to blow smoke
  • Informal
24 9.0

Say things that are not true to make people believe you

to blow up
  • Texting
19 3.4

To become very popular quickly, often online

15 2.8

To dry hair with a hair dryer to style it

To touch your lips with one hand then move that hand toward someone to show love

To make small round balls of air by pushing air through gum in your mouth

to blow out
  • Specialized
11 8.1

Burst open and send out oil, gas, or water

10 3.4

To make a photo or picture larger so people can see it

to blow wide open
  • Literature
8 6.5

To make a secret suddenly become known

to blow the lid off
  • Literature
8 6.8

Reveal secret information that shocks people

7 9.9

Throw up forcefully when you feel very sick

7 3.7

To make something seem more important or bigger than it is

7 2.7

To swell or become larger suddenly

to blow town
  • Informal
4 9.8

To leave a place quickly to avoid trouble

To make a small round pocket of air in soapy water by puffing with your mouth

to blow savings
  • Informal
2 6.9

To spend saved money quickly on things you do not need

2 8.2

To disappear completely because of neglect or bad weather

2 6.5

Tell a secret and spoil a planned surprise

to blow a chance
  • Informal
1 4.9

Miss a good opportunity by making a mistake

to blow back out
  • Informal
1 8.5

To hurt your back badly by lifting or moving something heavy

Make someone have bad back pain from lifting something heavy

1 4.3

To add more details to an idea or story

Compounds

13 2.7

A small handheld electric device that blows warm air to dry and style hair

low blow
  • Offensive
13 5.5

A remark or action that unfairly hurts someone's feelings

blow-by-blow
  • Literature
5 7.4

A detailed step-by-step description of an event as it happens

5 7.3

A sudden event that causes great harm or shock to plans and feelings

Joe Blow
  • Informal
4 4.8

A person who is like most everyday people

1 7.2

A large fly with a shiny blue-green body that lays eggs on dead animals and in wounds

1 8.4

A tube like a straw that sends small darts when someone blows into it

by-blow
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A child whose parents are not married to each other

blow tube
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A tube that sends air into a flame to make it hotter

blow gas
  • Specialized
1 8.8

Gas released from a generator during maintenance or venting

blow molding machine
  • Specialized
6.3

A machine that makes hollow plastic items like bottles by heating plastic and using air to shape it

A machine that makes hollow plastic items like bottles by using air to push heated plastic into a mold

Surface Forms

blow infinitive
blowing present participle
blows third person singular
blew past
blown past participle

Etymology

The crude slang verb blow for oral sex is an extension of the mouth action in the basic sense 'to move air'; a frank memory hook is that it uses the mouth, like 'blowing'. So this is a slang use built from the simple idea of using breath or the mouth.