blow one's top

verb

"blow-one-s-top" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“blow one's top” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper.

Corpus desk

Index EN-blow-one-s-top · blow one's top · English

blow one's top · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for blow one's top
PropertyValue
Headwordblow one's top
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “blow one's top” in English

blow one's topsits beyond the 100,000 most-frequent English words, in the long tail of technical, archaic, or otherwise rare vocabulary where spelling doubt tends to strike hardest.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

blow one's top is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for blow one's top, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is blow one's top, spelled B-L-O-W- -O-N-E-'-S- -T-O-P.

Definition

  1. 1
    To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how blow one's top appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. When my dad found out I had failed the exams, he just blew his top.

Synonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "blow one's top"?
"blow one's top" is spelled B-L-O-W- -O-N-E-'-S- -T-O-P.
What does "blow one's top" mean?
As a verb, "blow one's top" means: To become explosively angry; to lose one's temper.
What language does "blow one's top" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list