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blow water

blow water verb: to brag; to boast; to talk big.

Verb

blow water (third-person singular simple present blows water, present participle blowing water, simple past blew water or (nonstandard) blowed water, past participle blown water or (nonstandard) blowed water)

  1. (Hong-Kong) to brag; to boast; to talk big
  2. (Hong-Kong) to chat; to talk casually

Forms of blow water

third-person singular presentblows water
present participleblowing water
pastblew water
past participleblown water
past (nonstandard)blowed water
past participle (nonstandard)blowed water

Origin of blow water

Calque of Cantonese 吹水 (ceoi¹ seoi², literally “blow water”).

Questions about blow water

What does blow water mean?
Blow water means to brag; to boast; to talk big.
What part of speech is blow water?
Blow water is a verb.
What is the past tense of blow water?
The past tense of blow water is blew water.

Words near blow water in the dictionary

  1. blow up in one's face
  2. blow up the tote
  3. blow upon
  4. blow valve
  5. blow valves
  6. blow water
  7. blow wide open
  8. blow wind up someone's skirt
  9. blow wise to
  10. blow with the wind
  11. blow-back

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