blow one's nose

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blow one's nose

verb blows one's nose · blowing one's nose · blew one's nose · blown one's nose

  1. intransitive To expel mucus or other matter from one's nasal passages, via one's nostril, by force of lung power. You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur-king, you and all your silly English kaniggets [sic].

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verb to expel mucus from nose

Españolsonarse la nariz, mocarse, soplarse los mocos
한국어코를 풀다 ko-reul pulda
日本語鼻を擤む hana o kamu, 擤む kamu
中文擤鼻子 xǐng bízi, 擤鼻涕 xǐng bítì
Portuguêsassoar o nariz, assoar-se
Françaisse moucher
Deutschsich schnäuzen, sich schnauben, rotzen
Italianosoffiarsi il naso, soffiarsi
Ελληνικάφυσάω τη μύτη fysáo ti mýti
Românăîși sufla nasul
Русскийсморка́ть нос smorkátʹ nos, сморка́ться smorkátʹsja, вы́сморкать нос výsmorkatʹ nos, вы́сморкаться výsmorkatʹsja, сморкну́ться smorknútʹsja
Tiếng Việtxì mũi, hỉ mũi
العربيةاِمْتَخَطَ imtaḵaṭa, مَخَطَ maḵaṭa, تَمَخَّطَ tamaḵḵaṭa

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@misc{blow_one_s_nose_2026,
  title = {blow one's nose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blow%20one's%20nose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}