SkyfireDict

blast   (TTS Sound)

The noun blast has 6 senses

• blast -- (a very long fly ball)


• bang, clap, eruption, blast, bam -- (a sudden very loud noise)


• gust, blast, blow -- (a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust")


• blast -- (an explosion (as of dynamite))


• good time, blast -- (a highly pleasurable or exciting experience; "we had a good time at the party"; "celebrating after the game was a blast")


• fire, attack, flak, flack, blast -- (intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak")

The verb blast has 10 senses

• blast, blare -- (make a strident sound; "She tended to blast when speaking into a microphone")


• smash, nail, boom, blast -- (hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer")


• blast, shell -- (use explosives on; "The enemy has been shelling us all day")


• blast -- (apply a draft or strong wind to to; "the air conditioning was blasting cold air at us")


• blast, shell -- (create by using explosives; "blast a passage through the mountain")


• blast -- (make with or as if with an explosion; "blast a tunnel through the Alps")


• blast, shoot -- (fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away")


• savage, blast, pillory, crucify -- (criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage")


• blast, knock down -- (shatter as if by explosion)


• blast -- (shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly)