An abrupt explosive noise; the noise made by the sudden collision of two hard flat or concave surfaces; the bang or report of a gun. Obsolete…

With nouns of action, forming nouns, as back-caper, back-blast, back-come, back-eddy (usually figurative), back-flip, back-flow also (figurative)…

The loud burst of noise produced by an explosion; the explosion itself. Obsolete. (See bounce, int. 1 in the same sense, occurring 1523.)

A ‘blowing up’ by gunpowder or other explosive; an explosion.

Chemistry. The action of decomposing explosively; cf. fulmination, n. 4. Obsolete.

Chemistry. Violently explosive decomposition or combustion; detonation; an instance of this. Obsolete.

Chemistry. ‘The noise accompanying the sudden decomposition or combination of substances, and due to the concussion of the air resulting from the…

A blowing; a blast. of gunpowder, or other explosive. Obsolete.

A very loud or sudden noise, resembling that of something exploding.

Explosion, explosive noise. Obsolete.

an explosion; colloquial a scolding.

gen. The action expressed by the verb to blow, v.1

An explosion.

A blow, a bang; a short, resonant, low-pitched sound. Also as int.: representing such a sound. Often contrasted with ping, int. n.