blow

1. verb To leave, usually hastily. The train is coming soon—time to blow. Come on, man, we've gotta blow before the police get here! Let's blow, this place is totally dull.

2. verb To squander, spoil, or ruin something. I can't believe you didn't go to the job interview. Why would you blow such a big opportunity? Oh man, I definitely blew it with Gabi this time—I said some horrible things to her. I can't believe I blew the driving test again. I just get so nervous behind the wheel!

3. verb To spend one's money excessively or irresponsibly. I can't believe I blew so much money at the mall today. At least I get paid next week. Don't blow all of your allowance on candy, OK? He's never been very responsible, so I'm not surprised he's blown his inheritance already.

4. verb To react furiously or violently, to the point of losing control of one's behavior. Mom totally blew when I told her I had failed math. Don't blow, it's just a tiny scratch on the car. Oh man, the boss is gonna blow when he hears we've lost that big client.

5. verb To play a musical instrument, typically a wind instrument. I heard Al blows a mean sax. A: "I thought you said she played an instrument." B: "Yeah, she blows a serious recorder!" A: "Hmm." Who on earth is blowing a trumpet at this ungodly hour?

6. verb, slang To take a drug by snorting it. Those two must have blown in the bathroom because they definitely seem high now. I'm not interested in blowing anything, thanks. Got a blotter instead? Back in the 80s, it seemed like everyone was blowing something in club bathrooms.

7. verb, slang To smoke marijuana. Jim reeks of weed, so he must have been blowing earlier. I think those kids out in the park are blowing. Doesn't it look like they're passing a joint back and forth? I could tell by their glassy eyes and goofy demeanor that they'd been blowing again.

8. verb, vulgar slang To perform oral sex on a male. Ew, I can't believe he thought you would blow him on your first date! College boys are such jerks. Even if you blow them, they never call you again.

9. noun A problem, challenge, or setback. After losing the lead in the division, the team suffered another blow when their best player got injured in practice. Do you think the program will be able to continue? Losing so much funding is a really big blow. Finding out I'm that far behind in the polls was certainly a blow, but it's nothing I can't overcome!

10. noun A big, elaborate party, typically marked by the consumption of alcohol. Man, I am so hung-over today—that was quite a blow last night. Good, the cops just showed up. They'll break up that raucous blow once and for all! Come on, we need to have one last blow before we graduate from college!

11. noun, slang Cocaine. Hey, got any blow? I'm looking for a good time tonight. Is it true that she used to be addicted to blow? Yo, Jeff scored a bunch of blow. Gonna have a wild party tonight!

blown (up)

Sl. intoxicated. I guess I'm a little too blown up to drive.

blown

verb

See blown away

blown

verb

See blown out

blown

verb

See blown up

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References in periodicals archive

2.2 Analysis of Blown Film Manufacturing Technology

Chapter Four 2011-2016 Global and Chinese Market of Blown Film

Blown Film Market 2016-2021 Key Manufacturers' Analysis and Review Report

Complete blown film lines (conventional and AquaFrost) including all components for turnkey installations.

Single-screw extruders for blown film, pipe, profile, sheet, and wire/cable with 1- to 8-in.

Extrusion systems

Market growth for nine- and 10-layer blown film has been nowhere near as rapid as when processors switched from three layers to five and seven.

Nine- or 10-layer blown film has the advantage over cast film of bi-orientation for greater cold strength.

Nine-layer blown film: why it's a challenge, what it takes to succeed: eight years after nine-layer blown films were first introduced, only a handful of processors have mastered the challenges of making them. Machine suppliers are now setting up lab lines that could make entry easier

Complete blown film extrusion systems from monolayer to 9-layer co-extrusion.

Blown film extrusion systems for up to nine-layer structures of HDPE, MDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, EVA, PS, ionomer, PP, nylon, EVOH, PET and metallocenes.

Extrusion systems

* Improving the quality of blown film, Rick von Kraus, Addex

* Five- and seven-layer blown film dies for food packaging, Marcel Perrevort, Kuhne

Advances in Blown Film Conference

Several builders of blown film machinery have also entered the MDO market with "starter units." Addex Inc., for example, is building its first MDO unit now.

Other blown film machine builders have launched their own MDO orienters.

MDO films: lots of promise, big challenges: machine-direction orientation is still discovering new market opportunities. But the technical difficulties are so great that some big projects never came of age. New equipment could make it easier

Reifenhauser ran the first blown film demo of such a motor at a show.

Two blown film dies sported unusual rotating cores, a technique commonly used in pipe and tubing dies to prevent weld lines, but not in blown film before now.

Extruder outputs rise, downstream units gain flexibility

They introduced polyols, isocyanates, surfactants, catalysts, flame retardants, and other additives that boost performance in non-ozone-depleting blown foams.

Polyurethanes: foams go 'green' at ever-lower cost: a great deal of effort is going into formulating rigid and flexible foams for lower cost and better properties, despite the transition to "cleaner" blowing agents. Improving fire and smoke performance is another challenge