How do you pronounce blowing?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbloʊ.ɪŋ/.

Where does blowing come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

/ˈbloʊ.ɪŋ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.20 in modern English

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verb

present participle and gerund of blow

noun

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

"the blowings of a trumpet"
"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."

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.

blowings (plural)

glassblowing leafblowing safeblowing stoneblowing upblowing whistleblowing

blowing cave blowing pipe

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