blower
blower Lexical Profile
blower Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A mechanical device or tool that produces a current of air or gas, such as a fan, hairdryer, or leaf blower.
"The groundskeeper used a powerful electric blower to clear the fallen autumn leaves from the walkway."
A person who blows, such as a glassblower or someone playing a wind instrument.
"The master glassblower carefully rotated the molten gather at the end of the pipe."
British An informal term for a telephone.
"I'll get on the blower and let the main office know we are running ten minutes behind schedule."
An informal term for a supercharger on an internal combustion engine that forces compressed air into the cylinders.
"The vintage dragster featured a polished chrome blower protruding through the hood."
• Rhymes for blower
Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'blawere', an agent noun from the verb 'blawan' (to blow); the British slang sense for 'telephone' originated in the early 20th century from early voice-pipe speaking tubes that required blowing into a whistle to signal the listener.