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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

blow a gasket

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
blow a -gas-ket
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To become very angry or upset.

Informal

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, gasket. To cause the seal made by a gasket to fail.

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

blows a gasket (present, singular) blowing a gasket (participle, present) blew a gasket (past) blown a gasket (participle, past)

Synonyms

blow a fuse flip one's lid fly off the handle have a cow

Questions

What does blow a gasket mean?
To become very angry or upset.

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