blister

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A small bubble on the skin filled with fluid, caused by rubbing, burning, or irritation.

   My new shoes gave me a painful blister on my heel.

2. 2
   verb

   To form blisters, or to cause blisters to form on the skin.

   My feet blistered during the long hike.

3. 3
   noun

   A raised bubble on a surface where a coating such as paint has not stuck properly.

   There were blisters in the fresh paint where moisture had got in.

From Middle English blister, from Old French blestre, from a Germanic source. Compare Middle Dutch blyster (“swelling”), Old Norse blastr (“a blowing”).

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