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Blow vs. Stink — What's the Difference?

Blow vs. Stink — What's the Difference?

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Blow

To be in a state of motion. Used of the air or of wind.

Stink

To emit a strong foul odor
The basement stinks of mildew.

Blow

To move along or be carried by the wind
Her hat blew away.

Stink

To be of an extremely low or bad quality
These golf clubs stink.

Blow

To move with or have strong winds
The storm blew all night.
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Stink

To be in extremely bad repute
His name has stunk ever since that scandal.

Blow

To expel a current of air, as from the mouth or from a bellows.

Stink

To be morally offensive or have the appearance of dishonesty or corruption
Something about her testimony stinks.

Blow

To produce a sound by expelling a current of air, as in sounding a wind instrument or a whistle.

Stink

To have something to an extreme or offensive degree
A family that is stinking with money.
An act that stinks of jealousy.

Blow

To breathe hard; pant.

Stink

To cause to stink
Garbage that stinks up the yard.

Blow

To release air or gas suddenly; burst or explode
The tire blew when it hit the pothole.

Stink

A strong offensive odor; a stench.

Blow

To spout moist air from the blowhole. Used of a whale.

Stink

(Slang) A scandal or controversy
"the stink over sexual politics in the military" (David Nyhan).

Blow

To fail or break down, as from being operated under extreme or improper conditions
The furnace blew during the cold snap.

Stink

(intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.

Blow

To melt or otherwise become disabled. Used of a fuse.

Stink

To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.

Blow

(Informal) To move very fast in relation to something
The boy blew past the stands on his bike.

Stink

(intransitive) To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.
Something stinks about the politician's excuses.

Blow

(Slang) To go away; depart
It's time to blow.

Stink

(transitive) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Blow

(Informal) To boast.

Stink

A strong bad smell.

Blow

Vulgar Slang To be disgustingly disagreeable or offensive
This movie blows.

Stink

(informal) A complaint or objection.
If you don't make a stink about the problem, nothing will be done.

Blow

To cause to move by means of a current of air
The wind blew the boat out to sea.

Stink

Bad; inferior; worthless.
The concert was stink. / That was a stink concert.

Blow

To drive a current of air on, in, or through
Blew my hair dry after I shampooed it.

Stink

Bad-smelling, stinky.

Blow

To clear out or make free of obstruction by forcing air through
Blew his nose all through allergy season.

Stink

To emit a strong, offensive smell; to send out a disgusting odor.

Blow

To shape or form (glass, for example) by forcing air or gas through at the end of a pipe.

Stink

To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Blow

To expel (air) from the mouth.

Stink

A strong, offensive smell; a disgusting odor; a stench.

Blow

To cause air or gas to be expelled suddenly from
We blew a tire when we drove over the rock.

Stink

A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant

Blow

To cause (a wind instrument) to sound.

Stink

Be extremely bad in quality or in one's performance;
This term paper stinks!

Blow

To sound
A bugle blowing taps.

Stink

Smell badly and offensively;
The building reeks of smoke

Blow

To cause to be out of breath.

Blow

To allow (a winded horse) to regain its breath.

Blow

To demolish by the force of an explosion
An artillery shell blew our headquarters apart.

Blow

To lay or deposit eggs in. Used of certain insects.

Blow

To cause to fail or break down, as by operating at extreme or improper conditions
Blew the engine on the last lap.

Blow

To cause (a fuse) to melt or become disabled.

Blow

To spend (money) freely and rashly.

Blow

To spend money freely on; treat
Blew me to a sumptuous dinner.

Blow

(Slang) To spoil or lose through ineptitude
Blew the audition.
Blew a three-goal lead.

Blow

To cause (a covert intelligence operation or operative) to be revealed and thereby jeopardized
A story in the press that blew their cover.
An agent who was blown by the opposition.

Blow

(Slang) To depart (a place) in a great hurry
Let's blow this city no later than noon.

Blow

(Baseball) To throw (a pitch) so fast that a batter cannot swing fast enough to hit it
Blew a fastball by the batter for the strikeout.

Blow

Vulgar Slang To perform fellatio on.

Blow

To bloom or cause to bloom.

Blow

The act or an instance of blowing.

Blow

A blast of air or wind.

Blow

A storm.

Blow

(Informal) An act of bragging.

Blow

(Slang) Cocaine.

Blow

A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.

Blow

An unexpected shock or calamity.

Blow

An unexpected attack; an assault.

Blow

A mass of blossoms
Peach blow.

Blow

The state of blossoming
Tulips in full blow.

Blow

(intransitive) To produce an air current.

Blow

(transitive) To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth.
Blow the dust off that book and open it up.

Blow

(intransitive) To be propelled by an air current.
The leaves blow through the streets in the fall.

Blow

(figurative) To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location.

Blow

(transitive) To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass.

Blow

(transitive) To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means.
To blow the fire

Blow

(transitive) To clear of contents by forcing air through.
To blow an egg
To blow one's nose
The submarine blew its main ballast tanks.

Blow

(transitive) To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument.

Blow

(intransitive) To make a sound as the result of being blown.
In the harbor, the ships' horns blew.

Blow

To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding.
There's nothing more thrilling to the whale watcher than to see a whale surface and blow.
There she blows! (i.e. "I see a whale spouting!")

Blow

(intransitive) To burst or explode; to occur suddenly
Get away from that burning gas tank! It's about to blow!

Blow

To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed.
The demolition squad neatly blew the old hotel up.
The aerosol can was blown to bits.

Blow

To blow from a gun.

Blow

(transitive) To cause the sudden destruction of.
He blew the tires and the engine.

Blow

(intransitive) To suddenly fail destructively.
He tried to sprint, but his ligaments blew and he was barely able to walk to the finish line.

Blow

To recklessly squander.
I managed to blow $1000 at blackjack in under an hour.
I blew $35 thou on a car.
We blew an opportunity to get benign corporate sponsorship.

Blow

To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake.
I blew it and forgot to start the spaghetti, so I had plenty of sauce and no pasta.
Good luck, and don't blow it!

Blow

To be very undesirable.
This blows!

Blow

To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man).
Who did you have to blow to get those backstage passes?

Blow

To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry.
Let's blow this joint.

Blow

(transitive) To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs.

Blow

(intransitive) (of a fly) To lay eggs; to breed.

Blow

(obsolete) To spread by report; to publish; to disclose.

Blow

(obsolete) To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.

Blow

(intransitive) To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.

Blow

(transitive) To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue.

Blow

(dated) To talk loudly; boast; brag.

Blow

To expose, or inform on.

Blow

To sing.
That girl has a wonderful voice; just listen to her blow!

Blow

To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner.

Blow

To flatulate or defecate.
Uh, oh! I gotta blow!

Blow

To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom.

Blow

A strong wind.
We're having a bit of a blow this afternoon.

Blow

(informal) A chance to catch one's breath.
The players were able to get a blow during the last timeout.

Blow

Cocaine.

Blow

Cannabis.

Blow

Heroin.

Blow

A blowjob; fellatio.
His girlfriend gave him a blow.

Blow

(nautical) An instance of using high-pressure air to empty water from the ballast tanks of a submarine, increasing the submarine's buoyancy and causing it to surface.

Blow

The act of striking or hitting.
A fabricator is used to direct a sharp blow to the surface of the stone.
During an exchange to end round 13, Duran landed a blow to the midsection.

Blow

A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.

Blow

A damaging occurrence.
A further blow to the group came in 1917 when Thomson died while canoeing in Algonquin Park.

Blow

A cut made to a sheep's fleece by a shearer using hand-shears.

Blow

An outcrop of quartz from surrounding rock, thought to indicate mineral deposits below.

Blow

(television) button

Blow

A mass or display of flowers; a yield.

Blow

A display of anything brilliant or bright.

Blow

A bloom, state of flowering.
Roses in full blow.

Blow

(intransitive) Used to express displeasure or frustration.

Blow

Blue.

Blow

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.
How blows the citron grove.

Blow

To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers).
The odorous banks, that blowFlowers of more mingled hue.

Blow

To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows.
Hark how it rains and blows !

Blow

To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows.

Blow

To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff.
Here is Mistress Page at the door, sweating and blowing.

Blow

To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet.
There let the pealing organ blow.

Blow

To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale.

Blow

To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street.
The grass blows from their graves to thy own.

Blow

To talk loudly; to boast; to storm.
You blow behind my back, but dare not say anything to my face.

Blow

To stop functioning due to a failure in an electrical circuit, especially on which breaks the circuit; sometimes used with out; - used of light bulbs, electronic components, fuses; as, the dome light in the car blew out.

Blow

To deflate by sudden loss of air; usually used with out; - of inflatable tires.

Blow

To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire.

Blow

To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore.
Off at sea northeast winds blowSabean odors from the spicy shore.

Blow

To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ; to blow a horn.
Hath she no husbandThat will take pains to blow a horn before her?
Boy, blow the pipe until the bubble rise,Then cast it off to float upon the skies.

Blow

To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose.

Blow

To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; - usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building.

Blow

To spread by report; to publish; to disclose; to reveal, intentionally or inadvertently; as, to blow an agent's cover.
Through the court his courtesy was blown.
His language does his knowledge blow.

Blow

To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass.

Blow

To inflate, as with pride; to puff up.
Look how imagination blows him.

Blow

To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse.

Blow

To deposit eggs or larvæ upon, or in (meat, etc.).
To sufferThe flesh fly blow my mouth.

Blow

To perform an act of fellatio on; to stimulate another's penis with one's mouth; - usually considered vulgar.

Blow

To smoke (e. g. marijuana); to blow pot.

Blow

To botch; to bungle; as, he blew his chance at a good job by showing up late for the interview.

Blow

To leave; to depart from; as, to blow town.

Blow

To squander; as, he blew his inheritance gambling.
I have blown him up well - nobody can say I wink at what he does.
How far the very custom of hearing anything spouted withers and blows upon a fine passage, may be seen in those speeches from [Shakespeare's] Henry V. which are current in the mouths of schoolboys.
A lady's maid whose character had been blown upon.

Blow

A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms.

Blow

A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword.
Well struck ! there was blow for blow.

Blow

A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
A vigorous blow might win [Hanno's camp].

Blow

The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet.
A most poor man, made tame to fortune's blows.

Blow

A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port.

Blow

The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows.

Blow

The spouting of a whale.

Blow

A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter.

Blow

An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it.

Blow

A powerful stroke with the fist or a weapon;
A blow on the head

Blow

An impact (as from a collision);
The bump threw him off the bicycle

Blow

An unfortunate happening that hinders of impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

Blow

An unpleasant or disappointing surprise;
It came as a shock to learn that he was injured

Blow

A strong current of air;
The tree was bent almost double by the gust

Blow

Street names for cocaine

Blow

Forceful exhalation through the nose or mouth;
He gave his nose a loud blow
He blew out all the candles with a single puff

Blow

Exhale hard;
Blow on the soup to cool it down

Blow

Be blowing or storming;
The wind blew from the West

Blow

Free of obstruction by blowing air through;
Blow one's nose

Blow

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

Blow

Make a sound as if blown;
The whistle blew

Blow

Shape by blowing;
Blow a glass vase

Blow

Make a mess of, destroy or ruin;
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
The pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

Blow

Spend thoughtlessly; throw away;
He wasted his inheritance on his insincere friends
You squandered the opportunity to get and advanced degree

Blow

Spend lavishly or wastefully on;
He blew a lot of money on his new home theater

Blow

Sound by having air expelled through a tube;
The trumpets blew

Blow

Play or sound a wind instrument;
She blew the horn

Blow

Provide sexual gratification through oral stimulation

Blow

Cause air to go in, on, or through;
Blow my hair dry

Blow

Cause to move by means of an air current;
The wind blew the leaves around in the yard

Blow

Spout moist air from the blowhole;
The whales blew

Blow

Leave; informal or rude;
Shove off!
The children shoved along
Blow now!

Blow

Lay eggs;
Certain insects are said to blow

Blow

Cause to be revealed and jeopardized;
The story blew their cover
The double agent was blown by the other side

Blow

Show off

Blow

Allow to regain its breath;
Blow a horse

Blow

Melt, break, or become otherwise unusable;
The lightbulbs blew out
The fuse blew

Blow

Burst suddenly;
The tire blew
We blew a tire

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