Home › Words › U › underblowunderblowunderblow means to fail to blow with sufficient force or energy.EtymologyFrom Middle English underblowen, equivalent to under- + blow.verbTo fail to blow with sufficient force or energynounA blow from beneath.e.g.“...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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.misblow 70% match — A blow that lands incorrectly. vs underblow →outblow 65% match — To blow out (all senses) vs underblow →underhit 65% match — To hit with insufficient force. vs underblow →blow 64% match — To produce an air current. vs underblow →inblow 63% match — To blow into; puff up; inflate. vs underblow →underwhip 62% match — To fail to whip enough. vs underblow →outpuff 60% match — To puff harder or better than; to outblow. vs underblow →undercool 58% match — To cool insufficiently vs underblow →