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blaow

UK/blaʊ/

blaow interjection: a sudden explosion, gunshot, or similar sound.

Interjection

  1. A sudden explosion, gunshot, or similar sound.
    • Turtle and log explode in a gigantic, echoing splash that coincides with the BLAOW! of the gun.1981, Katie Letcher Lyle, Dark But Full of Diamonds, page 34
    • She took the gun, loaded it, handed it back to Stephen, who got behind a chicken, brought the gun up, aimed, and pulled the trigger, ka-blaow.1998, Clyde Edgerton, Where Trouble Sleeps, page 151

Forms of blaow

alternative formka-blaow
alternative formka-BLAOW
alternative formKA-BLAOW

Origin of blaow

Onomatopoeia.

Words that rhyme with blaow

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Questions about blaow

What does blaow mean?
Blaow means a sudden explosion, gunshot, or similar sound.
What part of speech is blaow?
Blaow is an interjection.
How do you pronounce blaow?
Blaow is pronounced /blaʊ/ (UK).

Words near blaow in the dictionary

  1. Blanshard
  2. Blanshards
  3. Blanton
  4. Blantons
  5. Blantyre
  6. blaow
  7. BLAP
  8. blaphart
  9. blapharts
  10. blaps
  11. blapses

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