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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bloom, flourish |
| Synonyms: | batten, blossom, blow, burgeon, effloresce, mature, open, outbloom, prosper, thrive, unfold |
| Antonyms: | close, die, droop, fade, sag, shrink, shrivel |
| Main Entry: | fritter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | waste away |
| Synonyms: | be wasteful with, blow*, cast away, consume, dally, diddle away, dissipate, frivol, go through*, idle, lavish, misspend, run through, spend like water, squander, throw away, trifle |
| Antonyms: | hold, save, store |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gasp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw breath in sharply |
| Synonyms: | blow, catch one's breath, choke, convulse, fight for breath, gulp, heave, inhale, inspire, pant, puff, respire, sniffle, snort, wheeze, whoop |
| Main Entry: | get off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depart |
| Synonyms: | alight, blow*, descend, disembark, dismount, escape, exit, go, go away, leave, light, pull out, quit, retire, withdraw |
| Antonyms: | arrive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | go off |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explode |
| Synonyms: | befall, blow, blow up, burst, detonate, discharge, fire, happen, mushroom, occur, pass, take place |
| Main Entry: | hiss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make buzzing sound; ridicule |
| Synonyms: | blow, boo, catcall, condemn, damn, decry, deride, disapprove, hoot, jeer, mock, rasp, revile, seethe, shout down, shrill, sibilate, siss, spit, wheeze, whirr, whisper, whistle, whiz |
| Main Entry: | honk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | toot |
| Synonyms: | beep, blare, blast, blow, blow the horn, sound, sound one's horn, tootle |
| Main Entry: | huff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sigh, breathe out forcefully |
| Synonyms: | blow, expire, gasp, heave, pant, puff |
| Antonyms: | inhale |
| Main Entry: | jab |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | poke |
| Synonyms: | blow, buck, bump, bunt, dig, hit, jog, lunge, nudge, prod, punch, push, stab, tap, thrust |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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