blow

1. tv. & in. to leave (someplace) in a hurry. (See also blow town; blow the joint.)

□ It’s late. I gotta blow.

□ They blew this place before you got here.

2. tv. to ruin something; to ruin an opportunity.

□ You really blew it!

□ It was my last hance, and I blew it.

3. n. a setback; an attack.

□ It was a real blow to our prestige.

□ Acme Systems Industries suffered a blow to its plans to acquire ABC Steel Widgets.

4. tv. to waste money; to spend money.

□ Mary blew forty bucks on a second-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 necessarily 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 blowing something good?

9. in. to smoke marijuana. (Drugs.)

□ He sits there blowing by the hour. How can he afford it?

□ They say that blowing that much will affect your brain. 1

0. n. cocaine. (Drugs.)

□ You can get some good blow over at that crack house.

□ What’s blow cost around here? 1

1. tv. to perform an act of oral sex on someone, especially males. (Usually objectionable.)

□ Tom was looking for some bone addict who would blow him for nothing.