Definitions for blowup

blowup blow·up

Spelling: [bloh-uhp]
IPA: /ˈbloʊˌʌp/

Blowup is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 70 anagrams from letters in blowup (blopuw).

Definitions for blowup

noun

  1. an explosion.
  2. a violent argument, outburst of temper, or the like, especially one resulting in estrangement.
  3. Also, blow-up. an enlargement of a photograph.

Origin of blowup

First recorded in 1800-10; noun use of verb phrase blow up

Examples for blowup

Said I owed the company plenty for the damage done by the blowup.

They had a blowup last night, it seems, and she has stabbed him.

Before the blowup on Earth, the galactics had made occasional landings to gather animals and seeds of food plants.

There could be a blowup that would throw Hub politics back into the kind of snarl they haven't been in for a hundred years.

Howard Kurtz on how she may have defused the Beijing blowup.

A blowup over a newly minted third party in Florida has become the latest to draw their ire.

For her part, Esters says she hasn't heard from Oprah since the blowup started.

Actually we had the answer to protection during the Crazy Years before the blowup when everybody talked peace and built missiles.

Word Value for blowup
Scrable

13

Words with friends

17

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