blow vs hit

blow

verb
  • To blow from a gun. 

  • (used to express displeasure or frustration) Damn. 

  • To create or shape by blowing; as in to blow bubbles, to blow glass. 

  • To flatulate or defecate. 

  • To produce an air current. 

  • To fail at something; to mess up; to make a mistake. 

  • To propel by an air current (or, if under water, a water current), usually with the mouth. 

  • To fellate; to perform oral sex on (usually a man). 

  • To make flyblown, to defile, especially with fly eggs. 

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

  • To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue. 

  • To be propelled by an air current. 

  • To sing. 

  • To blossom; to cause to bloom or blossom. 

  • To make a sound as the result of being blown. 

  • To clear of contents by forcing air through. 

  • To cause the sudden destruction of. 

  • To cause to make sound by blowing, as a musical instrument. 

  • To direct or move, usually of a person to a particular location. 

  • To burst or explode; to occur suddenly 

  • To leave, especially suddenly or in a hurry. 

  • To suddenly fail destructively. 

  • To exhale visibly through the spout the seawater which it has taken in while feeding. 

  • To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means. 

  • To be very undesirable. 

  • To leave the Church of Scientology in an unauthorized manner. 

  • To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff. 

  • To recklessly squander. 

  • To cause to explode, shatter, or be utterly destroyed. 

adj
  • Blue. 

noun
  • Synonym of button (“the punchy or suspenseful line of dialogue that concludes a scene”) 

  • Cocaine. 

  • 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. 

  • A damaging occurrence. 

  • Cannabis. 

  • A mass or display of flowers; a yield. 

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

  • A bloom, state of flowering. 

  • A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault. 

  • A strong wind. 

  • The act of striking or hitting. 

  • A blowjob; fellatio. 

  • A display of anything brilliant or bright. 

  • Heroin. 

  • A chance to catch one's breath. 

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

hit

verb
  • To administer a blow to, directly or with a weapon or missile. 

  • To inhale an amount of smoke from a narcotic substance, particularly marijuana. 

  • To come up to bat. 

  • To have sex with. 

  • To attack. 

  • To affect negatively. 

  • To strike against something. 

  • To kill a person, usually on the instructions of a third party. 

  • To attack, especially amphibiously. 

  • In blackjack, to deal a card to. 

  • to work out 

  • To manage to touch (a target) in the right place. 

  • To guess; to light upon or discover. 

  • To meet or reach what was aimed at or desired; to succeed, often by luck. 

  • To switch on. 

  • To affect someone, as if dealing a blow to that person. 

  • To reach or achieve. 

  • To use; to connect to. 

  • (of an exercise) to affect, to work a body part. 

  • To take up, or replace by a piece belonging to the opposing player; said of a single unprotected piece on a point. 

  • To briefly visit. 

  • To come into contact with forcefully and suddenly. 

  • To activate a button or key by pressing and releasing it. 

  • To encounter an obstacle or other difficulty. 

noun
  • The hit was very slight. 

  • A measured visit to a web site, a request for a single file from a web server. 

  • A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything. 

  • A match found by searching a computer system or search engine 

  • An approximately correct answer in a test set. 

  • Something very successful, such as a song, film, or video game, that receives widespread recognition and acclaim. 

  • An attack on a location, person or people. 

  • The complete play, when the batter reaches base without the benefit of a walk, error, or fielder’s choice. 

  • A dose of an illegal or addictive drug. 

  • A premeditated murder done for criminal or political purposes. 

  • A move that throws one of the opponent's men back to the entering point. 

  • A collision of a projectile with the target. 

  • In the game of Battleship, a correct guess at where one's opponent ship is. 

  • A game won after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts for less than a gammon. 

pron
  • It. 

adj
  • Very successful. 

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