Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A scolding; a quarrel.
- noun One of the rooms in a sugar-refinery, usually on the top floor, where the raw sugar is first melted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
Inflatable ; able to beblown up . - noun An
explosion (physical oremotional ). - noun An
enlargement (e.g. of a photo).
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Examples
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Almost everyone kept a safe distance anyway, after her blow-up earlier at the staff meeting.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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Almost everyone kept a safe distance anyway, after her blow-up earlier at the staff meeting.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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There were Christmas trees and candy canes, blow-up Santas, snow globes, snowmen.
A Light at Winter’s End Julia London 2011
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If affording a man who was caught in the act of trying to blow-up a plane the constitutional protections afforded American citizens means that he may go free then we really need to re-visit these constitutional protections.
Ridge: Terror suspect doesn't deserve 'full range' of rights 2009
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Last month, he hung out at an online forum for blow-up doll enthusiasts long enough to discover "iDollator," a person with a fetish for dolls.
As Slang Changes More Rapidly, Expert Has to Watch His Language Vauhini Vara 2011
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His blow-up doll gets a lot og attention, though ..
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John Herbison: What about two men who simultaneously penetrate separate orifices of a blow-up doll?
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What about two men who simultaneously penetrate separate orifices of a blow-up doll?
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"We have several large industrial clients with billion dollar deals in the wings, which will get finalized as long as rates remain intact and barring any unforeseen geopolitical blow-up," he said.
Corporate Issues Slip Kellie Geressy-Nilsen 2011
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About 20 men raced down the half-kilometer river course floating on blow-up sex dolls.
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