What does "blower" mean?
A person who blows.
Blower
/ˈbləʊ.ə/ name, noun, slang
name, noun, slang ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A person who blows.
- Grammar: blower is listed as name, noun, slang.
- Nearest alternatives: aerator, air blower, air conditioner, air cooler.
- Useful contrasts: suction device, vacuum.
- Usage evidence: Every time I see someone using a leaf blower, I feel like yanking it from his hands and breaking it into a thousand pieces.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person who blows.
- 2 large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales, dolphins, porpoises, narwhals wordnet
- 3 A fissure from which firedamp issues, often in quantity for many years.
"The great sources of fire-damp in coal mines are blowers or fissures from which currents of this inflammable gas issue in considerable quantities and for a long series of years"
- 4 a device that produces a current of air wordnet
- 5 Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
"The locomotive […] was quietly "blowing off" on one Ross "pop" valve, whilst the rhythmic clanging of the fireman's shovel, the black smoke pouring from her chimney, and the harsh sound of the blower told of the proximity of departure time."
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- 6 a fan run by an electric motor wordnet
- 7 Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.; A ducted fan, usually part of a heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
"The three motors on each bogie are force ventilated from a blower mounted in the adjacent nose-end compartment of the superstructure, the air being led by ducts and flexible bellows connections to the air inlet at the commutator end of the motor."
- 8 Telephone. Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, slang
"Get on the blower and call headquarters right away!"
- 9 Telephone.; A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker. Australia, British, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, historical, slang
- 10 A braggart, or loud talker. dated
"There hangs something majestic about a man who has borne his part in battles, especially if he is very quiet regarding it when you desire him to unbosom. I am continually lost at the absence of blowing and blowers among these old-young American militaires."
- 11 The whale; so called from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
- 12 A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
- 13 A gun. US, slang
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation.
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
suction devicevacuum
Example
"Every time I see someone using a leaf blower, I feel like yanking it from his hands and breaking it into a thousand pieces."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "blower"?
Common synonyms include: aerator, air blower, air conditioner, air cooler, air filter, air passage.
How do you use "blower" in a sentence?
Every time I see someone using a leaf blower, I feel like yanking it from his hands and breaking it into a thousand pieces.
How do you pronounce "blower"?
Pronounced /ˈbləʊ.ə/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English blowere, blower, from Old English blāwere; equivalent to blow + -er.
Etymology 2
From blower, an occupational surname for someone who operated a bellows, or alternatively for someone who blew a horn.