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blowfish

[ bloh-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) blow·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) blow·fish·es.


blowfish

/ ˈbləʊˌfɪʃ /

noun

  1. a popular name for puffer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of blowfish1

First recorded in 1890–95; blow 2 + fish
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Example Sentences

In 1996, he refused to accept the American Music Awards favorite artist of the year trophy, leaving it onstage because he felt it should have gone to Hootie and the Blowfish.

Afterward, you can actually see her young career flash before her eyes as she makes a kind of puffed up blowfish face.

So far, proposals of “Senate flounder,” “House blowfish,” and “Hope and Change smelt” have met with little public acceptance.

Hootie and the Blowfish played (well, everyone says they shared a certain squareness) and fireworks lit up the sky.

They intrigue me and with a first-rate blowfish chef, it would be fun to try.

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