Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

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chance, and I blew it. 3. n. a setback; an
attack. It was a real blow to our pres-
tige. Acme Systems Industries suffered a
blow to its plans to acquire ABC Steel Wid-
gets. 4. tv. to waste money; to spend
money. Mary blew forty bucks on a sec-
ond-hand radio. We blew it all at a
fancy restaurant. 5. in. to become very
angry; to lose one’s temper. (See also
blow a fuse.) Finally I had had enough,
and I blew. The brass blew, and we
heard the noise all the way down here. 6.
in. to play a musical instrument, not nec-
essarily a wind instrument. He blows,
and everybody listens. 7. and blow-out
n. a drinking party. What a blow over
at Joe’s. I’ll never get sober. Man, come
to my blow-out. It’s the best place to go. 8.
tv. to snort any powdered drug; to take
snuff. (Drugs.) Those guys spend all
their time blowing coke. Are you blow-
ing something good? 9. in. to smoke mar-
ijuana. (Drugs.) He sits there blowing
by the hour. How can he afford it? They
say that blowing that much will affect your
brain. 10. n. cocaine. (Drugs.) You can
get some good blow over at that crack
house. What’s blow cost around here?


  1. tv. to perform an act of oral sex on
    someone, especially males. (Usually ob-
    jectionable.) Tom was looking for some
    bone addict who would blow him for noth-
    ing.


blow a fuse and blow one’s fuse; blow
a gasket; blow one’s cork; blow one’s
lid; blow one’s top; blow one’s stack
tv. to explode with anger; to lose one’s
temper. Come on, don’t blow a fuse. 
Go ahead, blow a gasket! What good will
that do?


blow a gasketGo to blow a fuse.


blow a hypetv. to overreact; to spaz out.
I was afraid she would blow a hype
about the broken window. Come on,
don’t blow a hype. It’s only a car.


blow a snot rocketGo to blow snot rock-
ets.


blow beetstv. to empty one’s stomach; to
vomit. What was in that stew? I feel like
I gotta blow beets. She wasted a few


minutes blowing beets, just to make things
worse.
blow chowGo to blow chunks.
blow chunks and blow chow; blow
grits; blow lunchtv. to vomit. She
drank too much and left the room to blow
chunks. Who’s been blowing lunch in the
john? The smell was so bad I thought I
was going to blow chow. Where’s Kim?
She was blowing grits in the john the last
time I saw her.
blow coldin. [for a person] to display dis-
interest. Lately, he’s sort of blown cold
when I’m around. The committee blew
cold as my plan unfolded.
blowed (away)mod. alcohol or drug in-
toxicated. (See also blown away.) I
was so blowed away I couldn’t see straight.
I’m afraid I am way blowed.
blower 1. n. a cocaine user. (Drugs.) I
can spot a blower any day. Max is a
blower, among other things. 2. n. cocaine.
(Drugs.) What’s the best quality blower
around here? George says he can’t live
without blower. 3. n. a cigarette. Yo u
got a blower I can bum? That’s the third
blower in ten minutes! 4. n. a handker-
chief. He pulled a crusty blower from his
back pocket. And what does he do when
he doesn’t have a blower?
blow gritsGo to blow chunks.
blowhard[“blo”hard] n. a braggart; a big
talker. You’re just a big blowhard. 
When and if this blowhard finishes, let’s
go.
blow inin. to arrive. I just blew in last
night. Where can I find a room? When
I blew in, nobody was here.
Blow it out your ear!Go to (Go) blow it
out your ear!
blow jivetv. to smoke marijuana. (See also
jive.) Man, let’s go out and blow some
jive! You would rather blow jive than
eat, I think.
blow jobn. an act of oral sex performed on
the penis. (Usually objectionable.) The
hustler knew very well what the expression
“blow job” meant.

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