blow up vs mushroom

blow up

verb
  • To become popular very quickly. 

  • To blow something upward. 

  • To succumb to oxygen debt and lose the ability to maintain pace in a race. 

  • To blow the whistle. 

  • To suddenly get very angry. 

  • To fail disastrously. 

  • To explode or be destroyed by explosion. 

  • To become much more fat or rotund in a short space of time. 

  • To bombard with a large number of calls, texts, etc., often exasperating the recipient. 

  • Receiving a large number of calls or notifications to the point of making the device effectively unusable. 

  • To cause a malodorous smell by flatulation or defecation. 

  • To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion. 

  • To inflate or fill with air, either by literally blowing or using an air pump. 

  • To enlarge or zoom in. 

mushroom

verb
  • To grow quickly to a large size. 

  • To form the shape of a mushroom when striking a soft target. 

  • To form the shape of a mushroom. 

  • To gather mushrooms. 

noun
  • A fungus producing such fruiting bodies. 

  • A concrete column with a thickened portion at the top, used to support a slab. 

  • Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood). 

  • Something that grows very quickly or seems to appear suddenly. 

  • Champignon or Agaricus bisporus, the mushroom species most commonly used in cooking. 

  • Any of the mushroom-shaped pegs in bar billiards. 

adj
  • Having characteristics like those of a mushroom, for example in shape or appearance, speed of growth, or texture. 

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