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blow a cloud

blow a cloud verb: to smoke a cigar or pipe.

Verb

blow a cloud (third-person singular simple present blows a cloud, present participle blowing a cloud, simple past blew a cloud, past participle blown a cloud)

  1. (obsolete, slang) To smoke a cigar or pipe.
    • Jack Randall's Scrap-Book
      Let me blow a cloud, or a bender spend
      At the Pig and Tinder-Box nightly.
    • Tom Crib's Memorial to Congress
      A civiller Swell
      I'd never wish to blow a cloud with.

Forms of blow a cloud

third-person singular presentblows a cloud
present participleblowing a cloud
pastblew a cloud
past participleblown a cloud

Questions about blow a cloud

What does blow a cloud mean?
Blow a cloud means to smoke a cigar or pipe.
What part of speech is blow a cloud?
Blow a cloud is a verb.
What is the past tense of blow a cloud?
The past tense of blow a cloud is blew a cloud.

Words near blow a cloud in the dictionary

  1. bloviator
  2. bloviators
  3. bloviatory
  4. blow
  5. blow a backsight
  6. blow a cloud
  7. blow a fuse
  8. blow a gasket
  9. blow a hole through
  10. blow a kiss
  11. blow a nut

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