blowing

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbləʊ.ɪŋ/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈblaː.ɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbloʊ.ɪŋ/ 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 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) The act of one who blows, or that which blows. the blowings of a trumpet the puffings and blowings of an unfit runner ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === Bowling, bowling == Middle English == === Noun === blowing alternative form of blowynge (“blowing”)