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blow

 
 
/bləʊ/ noun [C]

Translation

DISAPPOINTMENT a shock or disappointment
hayal kırıklığı, şok
Losing his job was a terrible blow to him.21341862
HIT a hard hit with a hand or heavy object
darbe, vuruş
He suffered serious blows to the head during the attack.583
INSTRUMENT when you blow something or blow into an instrument or other object
vurma, vuruş
a blow on the whistle577
come to blows to fight or argue
döğüşmek veya tartışmak
707
(Definition of blow noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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