blow

Naija

Etymology

From English: blow

Pronunciation

• blô

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Noun

1. As person fold im hand, use force use am nack person.

   • E give am blow.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, He punched him.)
   • But e remain small make McGregor forget sey na boxing im dey do after he im give Mayweather plenty blow for the back of im head.  — (bbc__22625, McGregor almost forgot that he was boxing when he threw multiple punches at Mayweather at the back of his head.)

2. Bad ting wey happen.

   • Afta plenti pressure, madam Kemi resign from office and her fake certificate kasala na heavy blow for di goment wey carri anti-coruption fight for head.  — (bbc__12977, Madam Kemi resigned from office as a result of pressures relating to her fake certificate; this was a heavy blow to the government fighting corruption.)

Translation

• English: fight, blow

Verb

Intransitive

1. Make person get money or make people sabi person wellwell because e get levels.

   • Dat na di time wey di work wey I dey do blow.  — (bbc__7425, That was when the job I was engaged in became lucrative.)
   • We want blow.  — (LAG_36_Marriage_DG__11, We want to become rich.)

2. Make someting move fast.

   • As di car blow come, we zoom comot.  — (Egbokhare_2020, As the car speed towards us, we ran away.)

3. Make breeze carry someting.

   • Breeze don dey blow.  — (jw__5069, The wind is blowing.)
   • Life dey tire person for there because of the dust and too much breeze wey dey blow.  — (jw__44011, Life can be tiring over there at times, as a result of the dust and wind blowing.)

4. Make person dey popular.

   • Im must blow one day.  — (JOS_31_Psqaure-And-Efe_DG__102, He will become popular one day.)
   • For di oda past editions of Big Brother Naija and even di one for Africa, to win no mean say you go blow.  — (bbc__51224,Observations from past Big Brother Naija editions and the one for Africa, shows that wining is not a guarantee to fame and stardom.)
   • Meet di Nigeria Amputee footballer wey wan blow like Ronaldo.  — (bbc__66754, Meet the Nigeria Amputee footballer who wants to be famous like Ronaldo.)

5. Make someting sound.

   • E go happen quick quick, even before person open eye close am, when the last trumpet blow.”​— 1 Cor.  — (jw__9309, It will happen quickly, at the twinkle of an eye, when the last trumpet sounds.)

Synonyms

hammer, sound,

Translation

English: blow, succeed, prosper

Transitive

1. Make person fold im hand, use force use am nack person.

   • Im blow di guy.  — (He/she punched the guy.)
   • If you want fight dat guy no wahala, but make I just warn you sey if e blow you, we no go see your teeth pick.  — (NSC_2021, If you want to fight that guy, that wont be a problem. But I have to warn that if he punches you, he'll knock out all the teeth in your mouth.)
   • blow am...  — (NST_cleaned__34716, Punch him)

2. Make someting make air touch person.

   • One day, breeze go blow foul yansh open.  — (NSC_2020, One day, your evil deeds will be exposed.)
   • Fan dey blow me for here.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, The fan is blowing me over here.)

3. When person blow air inside someting make sound for fit comot.

   • As the people wey dey play band dey play band, na so them wey dey blow flute dey blow am.  — (katakata__63, Those with the band played the band, while those with the flute played the flute.)
   • By di time referee blow final whistle, fans dey vex, begin boo dem.  — (bbc__23951, By the time the referee blew the final whistle, fans were already angry and began to boo them.)

4. Make person dey talk.

   • Blow grammar.  — (WAZK_13_On-Pidgin_DG__53, Speak grandiosely.)
   • Tori be say di Federal Government don drag am go court because dem claim im blow lie to the authorities.  — (bbc__94933, According to the story, he has been dragged to court by the Federal Government because they claim he lied to the authorities.)

Related forms

• blow blow

Synonyms

• hammer, talk

Translations

• English: speed, talk, punch blow