blow-up

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blow-up

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Deverbal from blow up.

adjective

not comparable Inflatable; able to be blown up. The kids played with a blow-up sea-monster in the pool.

noun blow-ups · blowup

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

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@misc{blow_up_2026,
  title = {blow-up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/blow-up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}