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blow a gasket

blow a gasket verb: to become very angry or upset.

Verb

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

  1. (informal) To become very angry or upset.
    • Jack blew a gasket when he saw his son's poor report card.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, gasket. To cause the seal made by a gasket to fail.

Synonyms of blow a gasket

Forms of blow a gasket

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

Questions about blow a gasket

What does blow a gasket mean?
Blow a gasket means to become very angry or upset.
What part of speech is blow a gasket?
Blow a gasket is a verb.
What is the past tense of blow a gasket?
The past tense of blow a gasket is blew a gasket.

Words near blow a gasket in the dictionary

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

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