blowing

[bloh-ing]

noun

1. the sound of any vapor or gas issuing from a vent under pressure.

2. Metallurgy.,  a disturbance caused by gas or steam blowing through molten metal.

3. Also called blow molding. a method of producing hollowware by injecting air under pressure into a molten mass, as of glass or plastic, and shaping the material within a mold.

Word History and Origins

Origin of blowing¹

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; blow ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

The swift response from companies underscores the pressure to distance themselves from political commentary that risks blowing back on their reputations.

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Within a few days, I escalated to blowing leaves out from under the shrubs, and remembered the bucolic autumns of my Midwestern childhood and jumping into leaf piles raked patiently by my grandfather.

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Soon after starting the Free Press, Weiss wrote that after blowing up her career at the New York Times, “I knew I was done with the legacy media—and it was certainly done with me.”

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And by losing a potential clinching Game 3 Wednesday night at a stunned and boo-filled Chavez Ravine, the Dodgers are suddenly and dangerously close to blowing it.

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Negotiations have dragged on over the summer, blowing past an August deadline set by the two leaders.

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