blower

Plural: blowers

Noun

• A device or person that blows air or gas.
• a device that produces a current of air
• a fan run by an electric motor
• large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals
• A person who blows.
• A fissure from which firedamp issues, often in quantity for many years.
• Any device that blows; often, especially, a furnace component or a supercharger.
• 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.
• Telephone.
• Telephone.
• A telephone service providing betting odds and commentary, relayed to customers in a bookmaker's shop via loudspeaker.
• A braggart, or loud talker.
• The whale; so called from its habit of spouting up a column of water.
• A small fish of the Atlantic coast, Sphoeroides maculatus; the puffer.
• A gun.

Examples

• Get on the blower and call headquarters right away!
• The Words With Friends community knew he was a blower of hot air, always bragging about his wins.

Synonyms

cetacean, cetacean mammal, electric fan, feeder

Related Words

blowpipe