blower

1 a device that produces a current of air

2 a fan run by an electric motor [syn: electric fan]

3 a mechanical device that blows air onto a fire to make it burn more fiercely [syn: bellows]

4 large aquatic carnivorous mammal with fin-like forelimbs no hind limbs, including: whales; dolphins; porpoises; narwhals [syn: cetacean, cetacean mammal]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊə(r)

Noun

1. Person who blows.
2. Any device that blows.
3. (the blower) In the context of "slang|dated|mostly|British": telephone.

   Get on the blower and call headquarters right away!

4. A ducted fan, usually part of some heating, ventilation, and/or air conditioning system.
5. A braggart, or loud talker.

Translations

slang: telephone

Blower may refer to:

• Blower (fish), a fish of the Atlantic coast of the United States and the West Indies
• USS Blower (SS-325), a submarine of the United States Navy
• a ducted mechanical fan, especially when used in a heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning system
• a supercharger on an internal-combustion engine
• a device to increase the draught of a locomotive (see blastpipe)
• the telephone, for which the blower is a slang term, especially in the United Kingdom
• Heterodon platirhinos, a non-venomous snake found in the United States.

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