Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blow smoke

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.33 in modern English

Syllables: blow smoke
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.

Example Sentences

"Are these "statistics" they cite verifiable, or are they just blowing smoke, trying to scare people?"
"Why don't we liberate these United States? / We're the ones who need it the most / You think I'm blowing smoke? Boys, it ain't no joke / I make twenty trips a year from coast to coast"
"Joe [Klein] calls my [Benjamin] Netanyahu interview "more depressing than alarming, since you've got to figure that the new Israeli prime minister is mostly blowing smoke.""

Etymology

By shortening of the full expression blow smoke up someone's ass, deemed less vulgar.

Inflected Forms

blows smoke (present, singular) blowing smoke (participle, present) blew smoke (past) blown smoke (participle, past)

Phrases

blow hot air pass the bottle of smoke smoke and mirrors smoke blower Tobacco smoke enema

Frequently Paired Words

blow hot air pass the bottle of smoke smoke and mirrors smoke blower Tobacco smoke enema

Synonyms

blow smoke up someone's ass nonsense deceive

Questions

What does blow smoke mean?: To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
Where does blow smoke come from?: By shortening of the full expression blow smoke up someone's ass, deemed less vulgar.

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