Meanings
verbblow one's nose (third-person singular simple present blows one's nose, present participle blowing one's nose, simple past blew one's nose, past participle blown one's nose)
present singular third person blows one's nose · participle present blowing one's nose · past blew one's nose · participle past blown one's nose
- intransitiveTo expel mucus or other matter from one's nasal passages, via one's nostril, by force of lung power.
You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur-king, you and all your silly English kaniggets [sic].
1975, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (motion picture), spoken by French Taunter (John Cleese)
Translations
Arabic اِمْتَخَطَ, مَخَطَ
- اِمْتَخَطَ (imtaḵaṭa)to expel mucus from nose
- مَخَطَ (maḵaṭa)to expel mucus from nose
- تَمَخَّطَ (tamaḵḵaṭa)to expel mucus from nose
Bulgarian изсе́квам се, изсе́кна се
- изсе́квам се (izsékvam se)to expel mucus from nose
- изсе́кна се (izsékna se)to expel mucus from nose
Catalan mocar-se
- mocar-seto expel mucus from nose
Chinese Mandarin 擤鼻子, 擤鼻涕
- 擤鼻子 (xǐng bízi)to expel mucus from nose
- 擤鼻涕 (xǐng bítì)to expel mucus from nose
Czech smrkat se, vysmrkat se
- smrkat seto expel mucus from nose
- vysmrkat seto expel mucus from nose
- smrknoutto expel mucus from nose
Danish pudse næse, snyde næse
- pudse næseto expel mucus from nose
- snyde næseto expel mucus from nose
Dutch neus snuiten
- neus snuitento expel mucus from nose
Esperanto nazpurigi
- nazpurigito expel mucus from nose
Finnish niistää nenänsä, niistää
- niistää nenänsäto expel mucus from nose
- niistääto expel mucus from nose
French se moucher
- se moucherto expel mucus from nose
German sich schnäuzen, sich schnauben
- sich schnäuzento expel mucus from nose
- sich schnaubento expel mucus from nose
- rotzento expel mucus from nose
Greek φυσάω τη μύτη
- φυσάω τη μύτη (fysáo ti mýti)to expel mucus from nose
Hungarian kifújja az orrát
- kifújja az orrátto expel mucus from nose
Icelandic snýta sér
- snýta sérto expel mucus from nose
Indonesian melesit
- melesitto expel mucus from nose
Irish do shrón a shéideadh
- do shrón a shéideadhto expel mucus from nose
Italian soffiarsi il naso, soffiarsi
- soffiarsi il nasoto expel mucus from nose
- soffiarsito expel mucus from nose
Japanese 鼻を擤む, 擤む
- 鼻を擤む (hana o kamu)to expel mucus from nose
- 擤む (kamu)to expel mucus from nose
Korean 코를 풀다
- 코를 풀다 (ko-reul pulda)to expel mucus from nose
Latin ēmungō
- ēmungōto expel mucus from nose
Norwegian Bokmål snyte, snyte seg
- snyteto expel mucus from nose
- snyte segto expel mucus from nose
Persian خلمیدن, فین کردن
- خلمیدن (xolmidan, xelmidan)to expel mucus from nose
- فین کردن (fin kardan)to expel mucus from nose
Polish smarkać się, smarknąć
- smarkać sięto expel mucus from nose
- smarknąćto expel mucus from nose
- wysmarkiwaćto expel mucus from nose
- wysmarkaćto expel mucus from nose
- wydmuchiwaćto expel mucus from nose
- wydmuchaćto expel mucus from nose
- wydmuchnąćto expel mucus from nose
Portuguese assoar o nariz, assoar-se
- assoar o narizto expel mucus from nose
- assoar-seto expel mucus from nose
Romanian își sufla nasul
- își sufla nasulto expel mucus from nose
Russian сморка́ть нос, сморка́ться
- сморка́ть нос (smorkátʹ nos)to expel mucus from nose
- сморка́ться (smorkátʹsja)to expel mucus from nose
- вы́сморкать нос (výsmorkatʹ nos)to expel mucus from nose
- вы́сморкаться (výsmorkatʹsja)to expel mucus from nose
- сморкну́ться (smorknútʹsja)to expel mucus from nose
Slovak smrkať sa, vysmrkať sa
- smrkať sato expel mucus from nose
- vysmrkať sato expel mucus from nose
- smrknúťto expel mucus from nose
- siakať sato expel mucus from nose
- vysiakať sato expel mucus from nose
Spanish sonarse la nariz, mocarse
- sonarse la narizto expel mucus from nose
- mocarseto expel mucus from nose
- soplarse los mocosto expel mucus from nose
Swedish snyta sig
- snyta sigto expel mucus from nose
Tagalog singa, suminga
- singato expel mucus from nose
- sumingato expel mucus from nose
Thai สั่งน้ำมูก
- สั่งน้ำมูก (sàng náam-mûuk)to expel mucus from nose
Turkish sümkürmek
- sümkürmekto expel mucus from nose
Ukrainian сяка́тися, сяка́ти
- сяка́тися (sjakátysja)to expel mucus from nose
- сяка́ти (sjakáty)to expel mucus from nose
- сякну́тися (sjaknútysja)to expel mucus from nose
- шма́ркати (šmárkaty)to expel mucus from nose
- шма́ркнути (šmárknuty)to expel mucus from nose
- вися́куватися (vysjákuvatysja)to expel mucus from nose
- ви́сякатися (výsjakatysja)to expel mucus from nose
Vietnamese xì mũi, hỉ mũi
- xì mũito expel mucus from nose
- hỉ mũito expel mucus from nose
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Chicago
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