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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That pride radiated off of her in late March as she bounced around the Observatory stage like a lottery ball in an air blower.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Even with a wind blower only 6 feet away throwing gusts of drama in her direction, Karol remained in command of her space and performance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 23, 2025
Many municipalities across the country have banned two-stroke leaf blowers—so named because a piston in a leaf blower engine makes two movements instead of four, as in a car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
“I feel like my leaf blower has changed my life,” I confided to Thomsen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025
“I have to sharpen some plow points. You can work the blower on the forge for me.”
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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
Best of all, nature does its thing without recourse to leaf blowers, which can release pollutants and damage hearing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
In the Slate Plus episode: The trouble with leaf blowers.
From Slate ● Apr. 12, 2025
That order was revised Jan. 23 to prohibit use of those types of blowers in Palisades and Eaton wildfire perimeter areas only.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2025
She thought, Oh, my God, they’re going to unlock my old battery, it’s going to stop my blowers.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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