Definitions for airings

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airings air·ing

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IPA: /ˈɛər ɪŋ/

Airings is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 159 anagrams from letters in airings (agiinrs).

Definitions for airings

noun

1. an exposure to the air, as for drying.
2. a public discussion or disclosure, as of ideas, proposals, or facts.
3. a walk, drive, exercise period, etc., in the open air, especially to promote health.
4. the act of broadcasting on radio or television:
5. a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and minute amounts of other gases that surrounds the earth and forms its atmosphere.
6. a stir in the atmosphere; a light breeze.
7. overhead space; sky:
8. circulation; publication; publicity:
9. the general character or complexion of anything; appearance:
10. the peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person:
11. airs, affected or unnatural manner; manifestation of pride or vanity; assumed haughtiness:
12. Music. a tune; melody. the soprano or treble part. an aria. Also, ayre. an Elizabethan art song.
13. aircraft as a means of transportation:
14. Informal. air conditioning or an air-conditioning system:
15. Sports. (during an airborne stunt) the height between the ground and an athlete or an athlete with his or her equipment: such a jump or other airborne stunt:
16. Radio. the medium through which radio waves are transmitted.
17. Archaic. breath.

Idioms

1. clear the air, to eliminate dissension, ambiguity, or tension from a discussion, situation, etc.:
2. get some air, to take a break from an unpleasant encounter or stifling environment: to take a short rest.
3. get the air, Informal. to be rejected, as by a lover. to be dismissed, as by an employer:
4. give (someone) the air, Informal. to reject, as a lover: to dismiss, as an employee.
5. in the air, in circulation; current:
6. into thin air, completely out of sight or reach:
7. off the air, not broadcasting: not broadcast; out of operation as a broadcast:
8. on the air, in the act of broadcasting; being broadcast:
9. put on airs, to assume an affected or haughty manner:
10. take the air, to go out-of-doors; take a short walk or ride. Slang. to leave, especially hurriedly. to begin broadcasting.
11. up in the air, Also, in the air. undecided or unsettled: Informal. angry; perturbed:
12. walk / tread on air, to feel very happy; be elated.

adjective

1. operating by means of air pressure or by acting upon air:
2. of or relating to aircraft or to aviation:
3. taking place in the air; aerial:

verb (used with object)

1. to expose to the air; give access to the open air; ventilate (often followed by out):
2. to expose ostentatiously; bring to public notice; display:
3. to broadcast or televise.

verb (used without object)

1. to be exposed to the open air (often followed by out):
2. to be broadcast or televised.

Origin of airings

First recorded in 1600-10; air¹ + -ing¹

Examples for airings

Hannibal  Would Hannibal be a bigger hit if it was airing on a cable network?

In the club window, on the following afternoon, Jones was airing copy.

There was a nice fire burning in the room, and my night-apparel was airing before it.

It was while Jones was airing these platitudes that Paliser entered the room.

Without Elliott on the set this morning, GMA did get around to airing a goodbye compilation video.

He waved his arms, airing his grievance with which for an hour past he had regaled me.

She made the bed which she had been airing, she arranged the linen on the shelves of the press.

If it feels like How I Met Your Mother has been airing for decades, that's because it has.

Festivus came early this year folks, because it's time for the airing of the grievances.

I followed her on Twitter, like the rest of the world, and Eastbound & Down was airing at the time.