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blast

UK/blɑːst/ US/blæst/ common informal slang uk
verb (3) noun (6)

verb

1.

make a strident sound

  • “She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone”
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2.

hit hard

  • “He smashed a 3-run homer”
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3.

use explosives on

  • “The enemy has been shelling us all day”
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noun

1.

a long and hard-hit fly ball

2.
3.

a strong current of air

  • “the tree was bent almost double by the gust”
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4.

an explosion (as of dynamite)

5.

a highly pleasurable or exciting experience

  • “we had a good time at the party”
  • “celebrating after the game was a blast”
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6.

intense adverse criticism

  • “Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party”
  • “the government has come under attack”
  • “don”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English blast, from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blāstu, from Proto-Germanic *blēstuz (“blowing, blast”). Cognate with West Frisian blast (“blast”), dialectal Dutch blast (“stubborn intent, drumming”), obsolete German Blast (“wind, blowing”), German blasen (“to blow”), Dutch blazen (“to blow”), Danish blæst (“wind”), French blaser (“to blunt, dull”). More at blow.

Phrases

  • arc blast
  • at one blast
  • beer blast
  • blast 'em up
  • blast away
  • blast beat
  • blast chilling
  • blast from the past
  • blast furnace
  • blast off
  • blast out
  • blast up

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