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Blows
- noun - a powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon; "a blow on the head"
- a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"
- allow to regain its breath; "blow a horse"
- an impact (as from a collision); "the bump threw him off the bicycle"
- an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating
- an unpleasant or disappointing surprise; "it came as a shock to learn that he was injured"
- be blowing or storming; "The wind blew from the West"
- be in motion due to some air or water current; "The leaves were blowing in the wind"; "the boat drifted on the lake"; "The sailboat was adrift on the open sea"; "the shipwrecked boat drifted away from the shore"
- burst suddenly; "The tire blew"; "We blew a tire"
- cause air to go in, on, or through; "Blow my hair dry"
- cause to be revealed and jeopardized; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown
Blowy
- adjective - abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes; "blowy weather"; "a windy bluff"
Blubs
- verb - cry or whine with snuffling; "Stop snivelling--you got yourself into this mess!"
Bluer
- adjective - belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy; "an aristocratic family"; "aristocratic Bostonians"; "aristocratic government"; "a blue family"; "blue blood"; "the blue-blooded aristocracy"; "of gentle blood"; "patrician landholders of the American South"; "aristocratic bearing"; "aristocratic features"; "patrician tastes"
- causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
- characterized by profanity or cursing; "foul-mouthed and blasphemous"; "blue language"; "profane words"
- filled with melancholy and despondency ; "gloomy at the thought of what he had to face"; "gloomy predictions"; "a gloomy silence"; "took a grim view of the economy"; "the darkening mood"; "lonely and blue in a strange city"; "depressed by the loss of his job"; "a dispirited and resigned expression on
Blues
- noun - a state of depression; "he had a bad case of the blues"
- a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes
- any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue; "the Union army was a vast blue"
- blue clothing; "she was wearing blue"
- blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime; "he had eyes of bright blue"
- the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue"
- the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
- turn blue
- used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
Bluff
- adjective -
- a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)
- bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured;
- Deception
- pretense that your position is stronger than it really is;
- the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards
- very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front;
Blunt
- adjective - characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer"; "I gave them my candid opinion"; "forthright criticism"; "a forthright approach to the problem"; "tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank"; "it is possible to be outspoken without being rude"; "plainspoken and to the point"; "a point-blank accusation"
- devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment; "the blunt truth"; "the crude facts"; "facing the stark reality of the deadline"
- having a broad or rounded end; "thick marks made by a blunt pencil"
- make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"
- make less intense; "blunted emotions"
- make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; "Terror blunted her feelings"; "deaden a sound"
- make less sharp; "blunt the knives"
- make numb or insensitive; "The shock
Blurb
- noun - a promotional statement (as found on the dust jackets of books); "the author got all his friends to write blurbs for his book"