blow-up
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the verb phrase blow up.
Adjective[edit]
blow-up (not comparable)
- Inflatable; able to be blown up.
- The kids played with a blow-up sea-monster in the pool.
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
blow-up (plural blow-ups)
- (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.