Etymology : Middle English, from Old English bl[AE]st; akin to Old High German blAst blast, blAsan to blow, Old English blAwan; more at BLOW
Pronunciation : blast
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. strong current of air; loud and startling noise; explosion; strong verbal attack; great time, lots of fun (Informal). explode, blow up; destroy, ruin. damn it! to hell with it!. (See a blast).
2. to smoke crac.
3. to play music lou.
4. an inhalation of a cigarette or joint: "Give us a blast on your cigarette, I've just run out ".
5. an enjoyable experience: "Wasn't the party last night a blast? ".
6. a fast run in a vehicle: "We're going for a blast up to the coast to get some fresh air ".
7. (interj) an exclamation of annoyanc.
8. see also:
megablast. blast\blast\ (bl&adot;st), n. [as. bl&aemacr;st a puff of wind, a blowing; akin to icel. blāstr, ohg. blāst, and fr. a verb akin to icel. blāsa to blow, ohg. blâsan, goth. blēsan (in comp.); all prob. from the same root as e. blow. see:
blow to eject air.].
9. a violent gust of wind. and see:
where surly winter passes off, far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts; his blasts obey, and quit the howling hill.
10. a forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc. hence: the continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.note: the terms hot blast and cold blast are employed to designate whether the current is heated or not heated before entering the furnace. a blast furnace is said to be in blast while it is in operation, and out of blast when not in use.
11. the exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
12. the sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath. one blast upon his bugle horn were worth a thousand men. w. scott. the blast of triumph o'er thy grave.
13. a sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight. by the blast of god they perish. v.
14. virtue preserved from fell destruction's blast.
15. the act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose. "large blasts are often used." on.
16. a flatulent disease of sheep.blast furnace, a furnace, usually a shaft furnace for smelting ores, into which air is forced by pressure.blast hole, a hole in the bottom of a pump stock through which water enters.blast nozzle, a fixed or variable orifice in the delivery end of a blast pipe; -- called also blast orifice.
17. A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.
18. A violent gust of wind.
19. A forcible stream of air from an orifice, as from a bellows, the mouth, etc.
20. Hence: The continuous blowing to which one charge of ore or metal is subjected in a furnace; as, to melt so many tons of iron at a blast.
21. The exhaust steam from and engine, driving a column of air out of a boiler chimney, and thus creating an intense draught through the fire; also, any draught produced by the blast.
22. The sound made by blowing a wind instrument; strictly, the sound produces at one breath.
23. A sudden, pernicious effect, as if by a noxious wind, especially on animals and plants; a blight.
24. The act of rending, or attempting to rend, heavy masses of rock, earth, etc., by the explosion of gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; also, the charge used for this purpose.
25. A flatulent disease of sheep.
26. To injure, as by a noxious wind; to cause to wither; to stop or check the growth of, and prevent from fruit-bearing, by some pernicious influence; to blight; to shrivel.
27. Hence, to affect with some sudden violence, plague, calamity, or blighting influence, which destroys or causes to fail; to visit with a curse; to curse; to ruin; as, to blast pride, hopes, or character.
28. To confound by a loud blast or din.
29. To rend open by any explosive agent, as gunpowder, dynamite, etc.; to shatter; as, to blast rocks.
30. To be blighted or withered; as, the bud blasted in the blossom.
31. To blow; to blow on a trumpet. a long and hard-hit fly ball an explosion use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day" make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone".
32. 1. A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb. 250 people were killed in the blast.
33. If something is blasted into a particular place or state, an explosion causes it to be in that place or state. If a hole is blasted in something, it is created by an explosion. a terrible accident in which his left arm was blasted off by some kind of a bomb The explosion which followed blasted out the external supporting wall of her flat.
34. If workers are blasting rock, they are using explosives to make holes in it or destroy it, for example so that a road or tunnel can be built. Their work was taken up with boring and blasting rock with gelignite They're using dynamite to blast away rocks to put a road in. + blasting blast·ing Three miles away there was a salvo of blasting in the quarry.
35. To blast someone means to shoot them with a gun. a son who blasted his father to death after a life-time of bullying Alan Barnett, 28, was blasted with a sawn-off shotgun in Oldham on Thursday. Blast is also a noun. the man who killed Nigel Davies with a shotgun blast.
36. If someone blasts their way somewhere, they get there by shooting at people or causing an explosion. The police were reported to have blasted their way into the house using explosives One armoured column attempted to blast a path through a barricade of buses and trucks.
37. If something blasts water or air somewhere, it sends out a sudden, powerful stream of it. A blizzard was blasting great drifts of snow across the lake. Blast is also a noun. Blasts of cold air swept down from the mountains.
38. If you blast something such as a car horn, or if it blasts, it makes a sudden, loud sound. If something blasts music, or music blasts, the music is very loud. drivers who do not blast their horns The sound of western music blasted as she entered. Blast is also a noun. The buzzer suddenly responded in a long blast of sound.
39. If something such as a radio or a heater is on full blast, or on at full blast, it is producing as much sound or power as it is able to. In many of those homes the television is on full blast 24 hours a day.
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