Blow-up - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |bləʊ|  American pronunciation of the word blow-up
Brit.  |ˈbləʊʌp|  British pronunciation of the word blow-up

verb

- (intransitive) To explode or be destroyed by explosion.
Why do cars in movies always blow up when they fall off a cliff?
-  To cause (something or someone) to explode, or to destroy (something) or maim or kill (someone) by means of an explosion.
We had to blow up the bridge before the enemy army arrived.
More civilians than soldiers have been blown up by anti-personnel mines.
-  To inflate or fill with air.
Blow up the balloons.
-  To enlarge or zoom in.
Blow up the picture to get a better look at their faces.
- (intransitive) To fail disastrously.
- (slang, intransitive) To become popular very quickly.
This album is about to blow up; they're being promoted on MTV.
- (slang) To suddenly get very angry.
Dad blew up at me when I told him I was pregnant.
- (slang, intransitive) To relatively quickly become much more fat or rotund.

adjective

- Inflatable; able to be blown up.
The kids played with a blow-up sea-monster in the pool.

noun

- An explosion (physical or emotional).
I heard Jen's blow-up from the next room.
- An enlargement (e.g. of a photo).
Make a blow-up of the chart so we have more room to draw on it.
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