Meanings
blowing1
comparative more blowing · superlative most blowing
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of blow
blowing2
plural blowings
- The act of one who blows, or that which blows.
the blowings of a trumpet
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the puffings and blowings of an unfit runner
[…] 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.
2014, Charlotte MacLeod, The Grub-and-Stakers House a Haunt
Origin
blowing · adjective, verb
- Proto-Germanic*blēaną“to blow”
- Proto-Germanic*blēandz
- Old Englishblāwende
- Middle Englishblowynge
- Englishblowing
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.
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Full word history & related roots →blowing · noun
- Old Englishblāwung“blowing”
- Middle Englishblowynge
- Englishblowing
From Middle English blowynge, blowyng, from Old English blāwung (“blowing”), equivalent to blow + -ing.
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blowing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blowing
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