BLISTER


Meaning of BLISTER in English

I. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

blister pack

fever blister

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

get

So next time you get a blister , don't stop the game - stop the pain.

You should not get blisters if you have taken the trouble to fit your boots as we have suggested.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

blistering attack/criticism etc

Bates also launched a blistering attack on the sports minister Kate Hoey.

The most humiliating thing for Mr Major was not the fact that it was Mr Lamont who made the blistering attack.

The religious press in the first decade of pentecostal history teems with blistering attacks on the new movement.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

After two miles of road, and maybe the first blisters and unknown muscles making their presence felt, came the test!

In doing so, he developed a blister on his foot that turned into a diabetic ulcer.

It affects all cloven-hoofed animals, which develop painful blisters around the mouth and feet.

It is a flu-like illness which causes blisters on the hands and mouth.

The blisters were hurting and the men persuasive.

II. verb

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Brown blistered his players for their weak defensive game.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Even as he watched, the paint on the metal surface of the door began to blister .

It is a small, rocky body; its surface is covered with craters and blistered by the heat of the Sun.

The paint may blister in a mild attack or show yellow soapy runs in a severe attack.

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