blower
Americannoun
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a person or thing that blows.
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a machine for supplying air at a moderate pressure, as to supply forced drafts or supercharge and scavenge diesel engines.
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Mining. a jet of firedamp issuing from a crevice.
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Slang. a braggart.
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Chiefly British Slang. a telephone.
noun
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a mechanical device, such as a fan, that blows
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a low-pressure rotary compressor, esp in a furnace or internal-combustion engine See also supercharger
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an informal name for telephone
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an informal name for speaking tube
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an informal name for a whale 1
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mining a discharge of firedamp from a crevice
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Origin of blower
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The character, a compulsive talker whose social manner is as subtle as a leaf blower, poses a tremendous acting challenge, being as intensely annoying as she is mysteriously alluring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
“I feel like my leaf blower has changed my life,” I confided to Thomsen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
“When I got there, I saw a guy with a leaf blower and two camping chairs”—to clear the detritus and provide a place to rest—“and I was like, ‘Wow, this is grown up skating.’
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2025
Reflecting on his precarious position, he quieted his leaf blower and took off his sunglasses, giving only his first name for safety’s sake.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2025
“She howled. I had to use the leaf blower to blow the water out of the garage so Lou Ann wouldn’t hear her.”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
The use of NDAs by a church is legal at present, but many safeguarding experts say these agreements amount to gagging orders which can be weaponised against whistle blowers and complainants.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2025
For years I considered leaf blowers the soundtrack of suburban arrogance—loud, obnoxiously polluting, proof someone thought their driveway mattered more than the planet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
In the Slate Plus episode: The trouble with leaf blowers.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2025
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued an emergency order Jan. 10 prohibiting the use of leaf blowers and other power air blowers countywide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025
Yet some 7,000,000 pounds of parathion are now applied to fields and orchards of the United States — by hand sprayers, motorized blowers and dusters, and by airplane.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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