Green’s Dictionary of Slang

blow job n.1

also blow, blowie
[blow v.2 (1c) + job n.2 (2)]
(orig. US)

1. (also job) fellatio; also attrib.

in G. Legman Rationale of Dirty Joke (1975) II 385: A man ‘getting a blowjob’ in a whorehouse notices [etc].
[US] in G. Legman Limerick (1953) 82: [He] slipped out of his hut / To look for a slut / Who knew the very fine art of Blow.
[US] ‘Chambers & Hiss in Betrayed’ [comic strip] in B. Adelman Tijuana Bibles (1997) 125: Alger [...] you give such good blow jobs!
[US]‘Swasarnt Nerf’ et al. Gay Girl’s Guide 18: The following words or phrases are frequently used, seriously or facetiously, in a sense the same as, or equivalent to, their meaning in straight English (Slang) [...] blow-job.
[US]‘Swasarnt Nerf’ Gaedicker’s Sodom-on-the-Hudson 21: A pulchritudinous sailor or soldier desiring a maximum of blowjobs in a minimum period of time.
[UK]W. Talsman Gaudy Image 227: Punctually every night, the cop made his rounds and dropped by Rose’s room [...] and whispered ‘blowjob’ outside the door [Simes:DLSS].
[US] in E. Cray Erotic Muse (1992) 163: Down in cunt valley where gizzum does flow, / The cocksuckers work for a nickel a blow.
[US]H.S. Thompson Hell’s Angels (1967) 92: Hell, yes, I’ll take a blow-job any day for ten bucks.
[US]N. Heard Howard Street 24: A place to cop a fast blow job from a fag.
[US]San Diego Sailor 79: He didn’t let his teeth get in the way before he began kissing it in earnest. It wasn’t the best job I’ve ever had. But I was so hot for him [etc.].
[US](con. 1950s) D. Goines Whoreson 56: The boys and I had discussed blowjobs before.
[US]B. Rodgers Queens’ Vernacular 34: act of sucking the penis until ejaculation [...] job.
[US]C. Loken Come Monday Morning 54: I get me three-four screws, two-three blows a day.
[US]L. Kramer Faggots 39: [He] obtained true satisfaction from one blow job given.
[Aus]P. Radley Jack Rivers & Me 60: ‘She pays more money than ever now for a blow-job’.
[US]S. King Different Seasons (1995) 457: I heard she throws blowjobs for jukebox nickels.
[Aus]‘Thommo’ Dict. Aus. Swearing & Sex Sayings 17: BLOW JOB — Fellatio or oral sex.
[UK]Kirk & Madsen After The Ball 307: Do you want a hot, wet blow job?
[US]S. Morgan Homeboy 14: The Pepper Patch girls always made money because they freelanced handjobs under the tables and blowjobs in the backbooths.
[US]A. Rodriguez Spidertown (1994) 139: Well you so bad off [...] Why doncha go to my friend Frankie? He’ll give you some rocks for a real good blow.
B. Moore Lexicon Cadet Lang. 47/1: ‘She won’t screw, but she does a damn good blowy.’ [Ibid.] 285/1: ‘He prefers punching to blowies’ .
[Aus]P. Temple Bad Debts (2012) [ebook] Pitman looked like he’d been bitten in a blow job.
[US](con. 1970s) G. Pelecanos King Suckerman (1998) 66: One shockingly quick blow job.
[US]C. Fleming High Concept 120: How about a blow for that blow.
[US]Source Nov. 102: [advert.] I want a blow job and I’m not kiddin’ / Work it in your mouth ’til your head starts spinnin’.
[UK]Indep. Rev. 29 Oct. 12: When I picked up that young baseball player [...] and gave him a blow job in the woods . . . God!
[UK]P. Votel Sureforce 21: ‘I’ll give you a blowy,’ he quietly murmurs. .. I frown at him, pretending not to understand. ‘A blow job,’ he whispers [Simes:DLSS].
[UK]N. Barlay Crumple Zone 73: —Ah don’t expect a blow. — Glad to hear it darling.
[UK]J.J. Connolly Layer Cake 10: It’s like selling anything else, washing machines, blow jobs, handmade shoes.
[UK]Indep. Rev. 18 Feb. 11: The blokes [...] are dreadful, joshing in such a crude, witless manner about ‘blow jobs’.
[Aus]R.G. Barrett Leaving Bondi (2013) [ebook] ‘What about blow jobs? [...] Is there any chance of finding a polish in here?’.
[US]F.X. Toole Pound for Pound 61: Women [...] offered to barter tits and ass and blow jobs.
[UK]R. Milward Apples (2023) 139: [M]e and Deb were probably just jealous of her blowjob lips and tanning.
[SA]Sun. Times (S. Afr.) Lifestyle 27 Jan. 10: I met this guy in a public toilet and he paid me for a blowjob. It was easy money.
[Scot]T. Black Gutted 50: A blow then, or a chug for a tenner?
[UK]K. Richards Life 215: The next thing I know she’s giving me a blow job.
[Aus]L. Redhead Thrill City [ebook] Drinking a piña colada and getting a blow job from a fan.
[US]J. Dicker Harry Quebert Affair (2015) 27: Cock sucking, blow jobs, giving head, playing the skin flute [...] America is a pecker paradise.
[Ire]L. McInerney Glorious Heresies 33: [T]aking blowjob bribes in a back street off the quay.
[US]Mother Jones July/Aug. 🌐 Roberts shackled her, brought her to an office, and told her to give him a blow jo.
[UK]Guardian CiF 5 Dec. 🌐 My favourite office party story involved a girl ten years older than me, a blowie in the backseat of the taxi on the way home and having to pay the soiling charge after she threw up.
[US]D. Winslow Border [ebook] Jacqui’s giving a front seat blow job. Because she won’t give a back seat blowie.
[US]T. Pluck Boy from County Hell 63: [H]e asked if they liked blow jobs.
M. Purkiss on Twitter 1 July 🌐 Did you see on the news that story about the footballer who got caught getting a blowie off his mistress behind his cancer-suffering wife’s back.
[US]C. Stella Rapino/Amato 79: ‘[T]he one you say has the blowjob wife, no?’ [...] ‘She’s good. Really good. She’s the best head I ever had’.

2. (US) a male fellator.

[US]‘C. Corley’ Purple Ring 27: ‘Keep your pants on,’ the fat man advised, giving him a wink. ‘You’re a pretty good blow’ [Simes:DLSS].

3. (US black) cunnilingus.

[US]L. Pettiway Workin’ It 230: I used to even buy head from men and shit like that. Buy blow jobs from men. Blow job, baby, let them suck the pussy.

4. as sense 1, in fig. use.

[US]C. Stella Rapino/Amato 61: ‘Listening to you get a blowjob? I don’t think so. In fact, I think you’re giving me one right now’.

In compounds

blow-bang (n.)

(US) an act of multiple fellatio perfofmed by a single woman on multiple men.

[US]C. Stella Rapino/Amato 82: [A] rumored blowbang involving several players on their high school basketball team.
blow-job bunny (n.) (also ...johnny)

(US gay) a dedicated and skilled fellator.

[US]‘L. Stewart’ Back Door Buddy 138: Jake’s joint was as flawless as the rest of him. No midget by any means, he could make a blow-job-Johnny holler uncle if he let loose with that ramrod [Simes:DLSS].
[US]K. Smith Riding Big One 94: I was wondering which lad was to get the liquid torpedo loaded in my tube but these boys were brilliant blow-job bunnies and when I released that final scream and shot my load, somehow both youths managed to savour an equal amount of spunk [Simes:DLSS].

In phrases

give someone a blow job (v.)

(US campus) in fig. use, to toady to.

[US]Baker et al. CUSS 83: Blow, give him a — job Curry favor with a professor.
[US]R. Price Ladies’ Man (1985) 50: Would I become a $60,000-a-year ad exec giving blowjobs to the Cheerios account representative so I could keep writing jingles?