A heavy physical stroke

hit, strike, punch, buffet, swing, bump, wallop, rap, bang, whack, thwack, cuff, box, uppercut, dint, knock, clout, slam, bruise, swipe, thump, kick, stroke, buck, rabbit punch, jab, gouge, lunge, thrust, swat, poke, prod, slap, smack, the old one-two*, bat*, sock*, clip*, belt*, slug*, cut*, bop*, bonk*, whop*, bash*, biff*, lick*, crack*, haymaker*, roundhouse*, a knuckle sandwich*, kayo* or K.O*.

A catastrophe

setback, calamity, tragedy, shock; see disaster, surprise 2.

A heavy wind

blast, gale, typhoon, hurricane; see wind 1.

To send forth air rapidly

puff, blast, pant, exhale, fan, whiff, whisk, whisper, puff away, huff, waft, breathe, whistle, bluster.

To move rapidly; said of air

rush, whirl, stream, storm; see flow 1.

To carry on the wind

waft, flutter, bear, whisk, drive, fling, whirl, flap, flip, wave, buffet, sweep.

To play a wind instrument

pipe, toot, mouth; see play 3.

To sound when blown

trumpet, vibrate, blare, honk; see sound 1.

To give form by inflation

inflate, swell, puff up, pump up; see fill 1.

*To leave suddenly

go, depart, leave town; see leave 1.

*To boast

brag, swagger, bluster; see boast 1.

*To fail

miss, flounder, miscarry; see fail 1.

*To spend

lay out, pay out, waste, squander; see spend 1, waste 2.