underblow

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verb

To fail to blow with sufficient force or energy

OriginMiddle English underblowen →
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Meanings

underblow1

verbunderblow (third-person singular simple present underblows, present participle underblowing, simple past underblew, past participle underblown)

present singular third person underblows · participle present underblowing · past underblew · participle past underblown

  1. transitiveTo fail to blow with sufficient force or energy

underblow2

noununderblow (plural underblows)

plural underblows

  1. A blow from beneath.

    ...as advancing nearer to the skipper he struck the extended rapier with a dexterous underblow and made it spin...

    1866, John Pendleton Kennedy, Rob of the Bowl

Origin

underblow · verb

  1. Middle Englishunderblowen
  2. Englishunderblow

From Middle English underblowen, equivalent to under- + blow.

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underblow · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
  7. Proto-Germanic*under
  8. Proto-West Germanic*undar
  9. Old Englishunder-
  10. Middle Englishunder-
  11. Englishunder-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*bʰleh₁-
  14. Proto-Germanic*blēaną
  15. Proto-West Germanic*blāan
  16. Old Englishblāwan
  17. Middle Englishblowen
  18. Englishblow
  19. Englishunderblow

From under- + blow (noun).

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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