blow
To expose, or inform; "BLOW the gaff," to inform against a person.
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blow a fuse
to become very angry
blow a hole through
completely destroy or refute an idea or argument
blow a kiss
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow ass
To fart.
blow away
to amaze or impress someone very much
blow chunks
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow hot air
talk excessively without substance
blow me
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow me
Or BLOW ME TIGHT, a vow, a ridiculous and unmeaning ejaculation, inferring an appeal to the ejaculator; "I’m BLOWED if you will" is a common expression among the lower orders; "BLOW ME UP" was the term a century ago.—See Parker’s Adventures, 1781.—The expression BE-BLOWED is now more general. Thomas Hood used to tell a story:—
blow me down
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow off steam
to release or express pent-up emotions or energy
blow one's chance
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow one's load
to waste an opportunity or release one's energy too early
blow one's own trumpet
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow one's wad
to spend or use up all of one's resources at once
blow out of proportion
Exaggerate or magnify something excessively
blow out of proportions
Become exaggerated or distorted beyond reality
blow out of the water
completely surpass or outdo something
blow over
To pass or subside without serious consequences
blow someone's back out
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow someone's brains out
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow someone's cover
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow someone's mind
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow the cobwebs away
to get rid of stale ideas or habits
blow the lid off
To expose a scandal or secret publicly
blow the whistle
Report wrongdoing or injustice to authorities
blow this pop stand
to leave a place quickly
blow this Popsicle stand
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow this taco stand
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow to kingdom come
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow tomahawks
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
blow town
to leave a place quickly and secretly
blow up
To make a noise, or scold; formerly a cant expression used among thieves, now a recognised and respectable phrase. BLOWING UP, a jobation, a scolding.
blow up in one's face
To have a plan or situation fail or backfire completely
blow-up
A discovery, or the confusion occasioned by one.
blowen
A mistress or whore of a gentleman of the scamp. The blowen kidded the swell into a snoozing ken, and shook him of his dummee and thimble; the girl inveigled the gentleman into a brothel and robbed him of his pocket book and watch.
blowen
Originally a showy or flaunting female, now a prostitute only. In Wilts, a BLOWEN is a blossom. Germ. BLÜHEN, to bloom. In German, also, BUHLEN is to court, and BUHLE, a sweetheart.
blower
A pipe. How the swell funks his blower and lushes red tape; what a smoke the gentleman makes with his pipe, and drinks brandy.
blower
A girl; a contemptuous name in opposition to JOMER.—Gipsy.
blowie
A blow job.
blown herrings
Herrings bloated, swollen, or cured by smoking; another name for bloaters.
blown upon
Made the subject of a scandal. His reputation has been blown upon, means that he has been the subject of talk wherein something derogatory was hinted at or asserted. Blown upon by the breath of slander.
blowsey
A word applied to a rough wench, or coarse woman.
blubber
The mouth.--I have stopped the cull's blubber; I have stopped the fellow's mouth, meant either by gagging or murdering him.
blubber cheeks
Large flaccid cheeks, hanging like the fat or blubber of a whale.
bludger
A low thief, who does not hesitate to use violence, literally one who will use a bludgeon.
blue
Said of talk that is smutty or indecent. Probably from the French, "Bibliothèque Bleu." When the conversation has assumed an entirely opposite character, it is then said to be BROWN or Quakerish.
blue about the gills
Down in the mouth; depressed looking. Rosy, or red about the gills. Flushed with liquor.
blue beans
Bullets or shot; hence, "Three blue beans in a blue bladder," a rattle for children.
blue bellies
A term applied by the Confederate soldiers during the civil war in America to the Federals, the name being suggested by the skyblue gaberdines worn by the Northern soldiers. On the other hand, the "filthy BLUE BELLIES," as the full title ran, dubbed the Confederates "Greybacks," the epithet cutting both ways, as the Southern soldiers not only wore grey uniforms, but "greyback" is American as well as English for a louse.
blue billy
A blue neckcloth with white spots. See BILLY.
Blue Bird of Happiness
This is an idea elaborated from Maeterlinck's play of that name, first produced in London in 1910.
blue blood
High or noble birth or descent; it is a Spanish phrase, and refers to the fact that the veins shown in the skin of the pure- blooded Spanish aristocrat, whose race had suffered no Moorish or other admixture, were more blue than those of persons of mixed, and therefore inferior, ancestry.
Blue Boar
A public-house sign; the cognisance of Richard III. In Leicester is a lane in the parish of St. Nicholas, called the Blue Boar Lane, because Richard slept there the night before the battle of Bosworth Field. The bristly boar, in infant gore, Wallows beneath the thorny shade.
Blue Books
In England, parliamentary reports and official publications presented by the Crown to both Houses of Parliament. Each volume is in, folio, and is covered with a blue wrapper.
blue bottle
A policeman. This well-known slang term for a London constable is used by Shakspeare. In Part ii. of King Henry IV., act v. scene 4, Doll Tearsheet calls the beadle, who is dragging her in, a "thin man in a censer, a BLUE-BOTTLE rogue." This may at first seem singular, but the reason is obvious. The beadles of Bridewell whose duty it was to whip the women prisoners were clad in blue.
blue bottle
A constable, a policeman; also, formerly, an almsman, or anyone whose distinctive dress was blue.
blue butter
Mercurial ointment used for the destruction of parasites.
blue chamber
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
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