blowable

Adjective

blowable (comparative more blowable, superlative most blowable)

1. Capable of being blown or blown away; that can be subjected to blowing.
   • The molten glass has to be the correct viscosity to be blowable.
   • The gale force wind blew every blowable object to the north, including things I didn't even know were blowable, like the roof.
2. That is operated by blowing
   • BLUI: Low-cost Localized Blowable User Interfaces
     BLUI [4] presents a form of hands-free interaction that can be implemented on laptop/desktop computing platforms. This approach supports blowing at a laptop or computer screen to directly control certain interactive applications.2015, Margherita Antona, Constantine Stephanidis, Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, page 280
   1. That makes a noise when blown.
      • Golly , I've never met a deer with a removable, blowable horn before!1981, The Saturday Evening Post Christmas for Children Book, page 68
      • As a final wind modeling exercise, we'll build an efficient and blowable model of a bottle.2002, Perry R. Cook, Real Sound Synthesis for Interactive Applications, page 127
3. That can be achieved or produced by blowing.
   • Appellant additionally contends that Wadman selectively cools a predetermined shape which is already a blowable bubble, but does not show selective chilling during extrusion, nor does he show forming a blowable bubble after extrusion and selective cooling.1962, Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Reports - Volume 50, page 888
   • In the following table, two sets of parameters were chosen to see how the variables influence blowable distance.1993, Proceedings from ESMO - Volume 6, page 262
4. That can be emptied by blowing; that does not contain any large solid developing bird.
   • However, the egg proved blowable .1904, C.F. Belcher, “Some Notes on the Rufous Bristle Bird”, in Geelong Naturalist, page 157
   • I blew the eggs: three of them were very blowable, the fourth had a large young one inside .1907, John Wolley, Alfred Newton, Ootheca Wolleyana, page 260
5. That can blow, or expel air.
   • But he must have some practical principle to be guided by; for going upon the assumptions that all noses are blowable, Mr. Silver must of course blow his.1856 March, Blanche, “Annals of Snailtown”, in Waverley Magazine, volume 12, number 9, page 143
   • In fact, Miss Jenkins, matrimony has not been the subject of my thoughts lately, though I could not have found a lovelier person with whom to have the honor of being united (with a bow); but to get a plaster cast of a fine-shaped female nose, for my patent self-clasping, sneezable, blowable nose.1869 August, “What Were HIs Intentions?”, in Frank Leslie's Pleasant Hours, volume 7, number 1, page 136
6. That can be blown up or blown off; subject to explosive forces.
   • Blowing the bridge wouldn't delay anyone more than a minute or two, but the Pioneers doggedly blew everything blowable, as though they were carrying out some ancient religious ritual.2000, Irwin Shaw, The Young Lions, page 340
   • When the aircraft is pressurized and the pressure altitude is above 25,000 feet, crew members stationed near blowable structures, such as blisters or large plexiglas panels, will keep their seat belts or safety straps fastened, if provided.2008, B-36 Peacemaker Pilot's Flight Operating Instructions, page 248
7. That can cease to function when overloaded.
   • The blowable fuses are used to connect the product and sum lines to the output.1993, Stuart Asser, Vincent Stigliano, Richard Bahrenburg, Microcomputer Theory and Servicing, page 233
   • A method for forming a thin film, blowable fuse, comprising the steps of: […]2002, Purakh Raj Verma, Zia Alan Shafi, Yu Shan, Zeng Zheng, Manju Sarkar, Shao-Fu Sanford Chu, “Method for Forming a Thin-Film, Electrically Blowable Fuse with a Reproducible Blowing Wattage”, in...
8. Secret and vulnerable to being revealed.
   • The new clause provides a greater incentive for well-paid employees—those arguably more likely to have access to potentially "blowable" information .1997, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).:, page 1127
9. Delicate, smooth, and flawless.
   • He had an exquisite oval face. Blowable skin.2019, Chen Ling, The Story of Illegitimate Daughter
   • When she got so close to me, so close, I realized that the policewoman's skin was indeed the same as my first impression. It could almost be described as "blowable".2019, Wu Ji, Coffin-Carrying Man
10. That one could give a blowjob to.
    • Then you can blow every blowable object in the honeymoon suite, if you so fancy such kink.2014, Leith Lachlan Wulf, The Scandalous Ecstasies of the Statuesque Sensationalists, page 311
    • "There's the doable guys." She glanced at Max. "You know, the ones you wouldn't kick out of bed for eating crackers.” Just like Sutter would have said. Max was thinking that very thing the other night in regards to the Greek God. Angela winked. “Then there's the blowable ones.”2019, Jasmine Haynes, Jennifer Skully, Power to the Max