"blow-up" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: Deverbal from blow up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|blow up}} Deverbal from blow up Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} blow-up (not comparable)
  1. Inflatable; able to be blown up. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anger Derived forms: blow-up doll
    Sense id: en-blow-up-en-adj-ebp3ppsm Disambiguation of Anger: 55 41 3 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English deverbals: 83 10 7 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 8 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 84 14 2 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 84 13 3

Noun [English]

Forms: blow-ups [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from blow up. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|blow up}} Deverbal from blow up Head templates: {{en-noun}} blow-up (plural blow-ups)
  1. (informal) An explosion (physical or emotional). Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-blow-up-en-noun-~JGI3iKG
  2. (informal) An enlargement (e.g. of a photograph). Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-blow-up-en-noun-WqO1TZKR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blowup

Inflected forms

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