blow up

To become famous, successful, and respected usually within a small amount of time.

Tarentino worked in a video rental joint before he made Resevoir Dogs and blew up.

OR

"These overnight stars becoming autograph signers.
We'll all long to blow up and leave the past behind us."

from Rock Bottom by Eminem

by Scog October 27, 2003

blow up

to inundate a device with messages

I was asleep for only two hours and my pager blew up!

by Anonymous November 22, 2001

blowing up

1.) when you receice numerous phone calls in a short period of time.
2.) anytime someone is calling your cell phone.

1.) Man, your blowin' up tonight.
2.) Hold on a sec, I'm blowin' up.

by juice November 13, 2003

blowing up

person with a cell phone that is constantly ringing nonstop.

DAMN! im blowin up again, this shit just wont stop.

by TwitChy November 13, 2003

blow up then

to fire up over nothing or everything
going nuts
yelling loudly and getting shitty
to make an already tense situation much worse
Janilla
J-Man
Jabbalala
to get your best shirt wrecked and flip out
Brown Town

"You Wrecked my best shirt"
"Blow Up Then"

"Why did you do that?"
"Blow Up Then"

"Janilla keeps pulling the ladies"
"Blow Up Then"

by Martyy July 19, 2006

blow up

To rapidly achieve fame, stardom, cash money, mad props, etc. after being relatively unknown. It is more of a rapid progression than a gradual rise in fame and fortune...

Just watch, man - she's about to blow up after her next album drops

by Toastmaster General April 17, 2005

blowing up

1. to become successful in a short period of time

Nate's been blowing up in the mortgage business since rates went down

by Nate bednarek April 30, 2004