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underblow

underblow verb: to fail to blow with sufficient force or energy.

Verb

underblow (third-person singular simple present underblows, present participle underblowing, simple past underblew, past participle underblown)

  1. (transitive) To fail to blow with sufficient force or energy

Noun

underblow (plural underblows)

  1. A blow from beneath.
    • ...as advancing nearer to the skipper he struck the extended rapier with a dexterous underblow and made it spin...1866, John Pendleton Kennedy, Rob of the Bowl

Forms of underblow

Verb
third-person singular presentunderblows
present participleunderblowing
pastunderblew
past participleunderblown
Noun
pluralunderblows

Origin of underblow

From Middle English underblowen, equivalent to under- + blow.

From under- + blow (noun).

Questions about underblow

What does underblow mean?
Underblow means to fail to blow with sufficient force or energy.
What part of speech is underblow?
Underblow can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of underblow?
The past tense of underblow is underblew.

Words near underblow in the dictionary

  1. underblanket
  2. underblankets
  3. underblew
  4. underblouse
  5. underblouses
  6. underblow
  7. underblowing
  8. underblown
  9. underblows
  10. underboard
  11. underboards

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