Blast Definition
- to-the-max
- maximally
- at-full-tilt
- at full capacity
- at full speed
- good-time
- amusement
- excitement
- gale
- wind
- gust
- breeze
- blow
- zephyr
- air
- At full speed, volume, or capacity:
turned the radio up full blast.
- to take off with explosive force and begin its flight
- at full speed or capacity
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Blast
- full blast
- blast off
- (at) full blast
Origin of Blast
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From Middle English blast from Old English blǣst (“blowing, blast”), from Proto-Germanic *blēstaz, *blēstuz (“blowing, blast”). Cognate with German Blast (“wind, blowing”). More at blow.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English blǣst bhlē- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastos, “germ or sprout”).
From Wiktionary
From Ancient Greek βλαστός (blastos, “germ, sprout").
From Wiktionary
From Greek blastos bud, germ
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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