Definitions for blowing

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blowing blow·ing

Spelling: [bloh-ing]

IPA: /ˈbloʊ ɪŋ/

Blowing is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 144 anagrams from letters in blowing (bgilnow).

Definitions for blowing

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.
4. a blast of air or wind:
5. Informal. a violent windstorm, gale, hurricane, or the like:
6. an act of producing a blast of air, as in playing a wind instrument:
7. Metallurgy. a blast of air forced through a converter, as in the production of steel or copper. the stage of the production process during which this blast is used.
8. Civil Engineering. boil1 (def 12).
9. Slang. cocaine.
10. a yield or display of blossoms:
11. a display of anything bright or brilliant:
12. state of blossoming; a flowering:

Idioms

1. blow hot and cold, to favor something at first and reject it later on; waver; vacillate:
2. blow off steam, Informal. steam (def 23). Also, let off steam.
3. blow one's cool, Slang. to lose one's composure; become angry, frantic, or flustered.
4. blow one's cover. cover (def 52).
5. blow one's lines, Theater. to forget or make an error in a speaking part or stage directions.
6. blow one's mind. mind (def 36).
7. blow one's stack. stack (def 23).
8. blow one's top. top1 (def 43).

Verb phrases

1. blow away, Slang. to kill, especially by gunfire: to defeat decisively; trounce: to overwhelm with emotion, astonishment, etc.:
2. blow down, Metallurgy. to suspend working of (a blast furnace) by smelting the existing charge with a diminishing blast.
3. blow in, Slang. to arrive at a place, especially unexpectedly: Metallurgy. to begin operations in (a blast furnace).
4. blow off, to allow steam to be released. Informal. to reduce or release tension, as by loud talking. Informal. to ignore, evade, or treat as unimportant: Informal. to not go to or participate in: Informal. to fail to meet (someone) as planned without alerting the person beforehand: Informal. to end a romantic or other relationship with:
5. blow out, to become extinguished: to lose force or cease: (of an oil or gas well) to lose oil or gas uncontrollably. Metallurgy. to blow down and clean (a blast furnace) in order to shut down.
6. blow over, to pass away; subside: to be forgotten:
7. blow up, to come into being: to explode: to cause to explode: to exaggerate; enlarge: Informal. to lose one's temper: to fill with air; inflate: Photography. to make an enlarged reproduction of. Mathematics. (of a function) to become infinite.

verb (used with object)

1. to drive by means of a current of air:
2. to spread or make widely known:
3. to drive a current of air upon.
4. to clear or empty by forcing air through:
5. to shape (glass, smoke, etc.) with a current of air:
6. to cause to sound, as by a current of air:
7. Jazz. to play (a musical instrument of any kind).
8. to cause to explode (often followed by up, to bits, etc.):
9. to burst, melt, burn out, or destroy by exploding, overloading, etc. (often followed by out):
10. to destroy; demolish (usually followed by down, over, etc.):
11. Informal. to spend money on. to squander; spend quickly: to waste; lose:
12. Informal. to mishandle, ruin, botch; make a mess of; bungle:
13. Slang. to damn:
14. to put (a horse) out of breath by fatigue.
15. Slang. to depart from:
16. Slang: Vulgar. to perform fellatio on.
17. Slang. to smoke (marijuana or other drugs).

verb (used without object)

1. (of the wind or air) to be in motion.
2. to move along, carried by or as by the wind:
3. to produce or emit a current of air, as with the mouth or a bellows:
4. (of a horn, trumpet, etc.) to give out sound.
5. to make a blowing sound; whistle:
6. (of horses) to breathe hard or quickly; pant.
7. Informal. to boast; brag:
8. Zoology. (of a whale) to spout.
9. (of a fuse, light bulb, vacuum tube, tire, etc.) to burst, melt, stop functioning, or be destroyed by exploding, overloading, etc. (often followed by out):
10. to burst from internal pressure:
11. Slang. to leave; depart.

verb (used with or without object)

1. Archaic. to blossom or cause to blossom.

Origin of blowing

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; see blow², -ing¹

Examples for blowing

He is on trial along with three others, and Bogucki is blowing the whistle on government practices he says are not fair play.

Hollywood might possibly fear North Korean sleeper cells capable of blowing up theaters that screen anti-Nork films.

At this sight, we hauled up close on a wind, it blowing very fresh.

It increases in strength and warmth, blowing with a mighty roar.

TT: Did you enjoy shooting and blowing stuff up in The Guest?

The wind was blowing the other way, and that might be the cause of his hearing no reply.

That candidate, Joni Ernst, did herself no favors yesterday by blowing off the editorial board of The Des Moines Register.

She had the window open and a cool wind was blowing through the room.

blowing out the candle, he advanced to the table and set it down.

But then they saw which way the post-Citizens United wind was blowing and became anti-disclosure.