blower

[bloh-er]

noun

1. a person or thing that blows.

2. a machine for supplying air at a moderate pressure, as to supply forced drafts or supercharge and scavenge diesel engines.

3. snow blower.

4. Mining.,  a jet of firedamp issuing from a crevice.

5. Slang.,  a braggart.

6. supercharger.

7. Chiefly British Slang.,  a telephone.

blower

/ ˈbləʊə /

noun

1. a mechanical device, such as a fan, that blows

2. a low-pressure rotary compressor, esp in a furnace or internal-combustion engine See also supercharger

3. an informal name for telephone

4. an informal name for speaking tube

5. an informal name for a whale 1

6. mining a discharge of firedamp from a crevice

Word History and Origins

Origin of blower¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English. See blow ², -er ¹

Example Sentences

This year’s halftime show is Dad complaining about the guy who blasts a gas leaf blower for an hour every day.

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Whether or not the unidentified whistle blower has an ax to grind is unknown to me, but plainly the email is not a list of wild accusations hurled by an unreliable gadfly.

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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.

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As the rain fell overnight, a maintenance crew armed with leaf blowers and giant squeegees worked up to kickoff to keep the field in decent condition.

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The afternoon started with groundskeepers drying the field with leaf blowers, the first rainy game at the Coliseum in nine years.

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