A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault.
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 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.
Blue.
(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 blow from a gun.
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.
An act or instance of holding.
The property of maintaining the shape of styled hair.
The part of an object one is intended to grasp, or anything one can use for grasping with hands or feet.
Power over someone or something.
A place where animals are held for safety
Keep a firm hold on the handlebars.
A position or grip used to control the opponent.
The wager amount, the total hold.
A fruit machine feature allowing one or more of the reels to remain fixed while the others spin.
The cargo area of a ship or aircraft (often holds or cargo hold).
The ability to persist.
An exercise involving holding a position for a set time
An order that something is to be reserved or delayed, limiting or preventing how it can be dealt with.
Something reserved or kept.
A grasp or grip.
The percentage the house wins on a gamble, the house or bookmaker's hold.
As of Monday night the total Melbourne Cup hold was $848,015
The House Hold on the game is 10,000, this is the amount of decision or risk the house wishes to assume.
The queueing system on telephones and similar communication systems which maintains a connection when all lines are busy.
A statistic awarded to a relief pitcher who is not still pitching at the end of the game and who records at least one out and maintains a lead for his team.
An instance of holding one's service game, as opposed to being broken.
A region of airspace reserved for aircraft being kept in a holding pattern.
To detain.
To take place, to occur.
In a food or drink order at an informal restaurant etc., requesting that a component normally included in that order be omitted.
To have and keep possession of something.
Not to move; to halt; to stop.
To be or remain valid; to apply (usually in the third person).
To contain or store.
To be in possession of illicit drugs for sale.
To organise an event or meeting (usually in passive voice).
To accept, as an opinion; to be the adherent of, openly or privately; to persist in, as a purpose; to maintain; to sustain.
To win one's own service game.
To cause to wait or delay.
To maintain in being or action; to carry on; to prosecute, as a course of conduct or an argument; to continue; to sustain.
To bind (someone) to a consequence of his or her actions.
To maintain, to consider, to opine.
To grasp or grip.
To reserve.
To bear, carry, or manage.
To keep oneself in a particular state.
To remain continent; to control an excretory bodily function.
Not to give way; not to part or become separated; to remain unbroken or unsubdued.
To impose restraint upon; to limit in motion or action; to bind legally or morally; to confine; to restrain.