blowing

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbloʊ.ɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbləʊ.ɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English blowynge, blowende, from Old English blāwende, from Proto-Germanic *blēandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *blēaną (“to blow”), equivalent to blow +‎ -ing.

Verb

blowing

1. present participle and gerund of blow

Etymology 2

From Middle English blowynge, blowyng, from Old English blāwung (“blowing”), equivalent to blow +‎ -ing.

Noun

blowing (plural blowings)

1. The act of one who blows, or that which blows.

   the blowings of a trumpet

   the puffings and blowings of an unfit runner

   • 2014, Charlotte MacLeod, The Grub-and-Stakers House a Haunt:

     […] the tea had been poured from the cups into the deep saucers from which it would have been drunk with genteel blowings and whiffings, according to the custom of the time.

Derived terms

• glassblowing
• leafblowing
• safeblowing
• stoneblowing
• upblowing
• whistleblowing

 

Anagrams

• Bowling, bowling

Middle English

Noun

blowing

1. Alternative form of blowynge (“blowing”)