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trailblazing

trailblazing adjective: resembling a trailblazer; innovative or pioneering. Also the present participle and gerund of trailblaze.

Adjective

trailblazing (comparative more trailblazing, superlative most trailblazing)

  1. Resembling a trailblazer; innovative or pioneering.
    • One can only wonder what led Rothstein to claim that Neville was such a trail-blazing pornographer.2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 120
    • The trailblazing Oaxacan chef Alejandro Ruiz […] has spiked this black-bean sauce with a hidden depth charge of flavor: patches of foliage from a local avocado tree. The leaves electrify the sauce with an unexpected thrum of black licorice.2014 October 25, Jeff Gordinier, “In search of the perfect taco”, in T: The New York Times Style Magazine (international edition), archived from the original on 23 Jul 2025, page 100

Also used as

trailblazing is also the present participle and gerund of trailblaze.

Forms of trailblazing

comparativemore trailblazing
superlativemost trailblazing
alternative formtrail-blazing

Origin of trailblazing

From trail + blazing.

Questions about trailblazing

What does trailblazing mean?
Trailblazing means resembling a trailblazer; innovative or pioneering.
What part of speech is trailblazing?
Trailblazing is an adjective.

Words near trailblazing in the dictionary

  1. trailblaze
  2. trailblazed
  3. trailblazer
  4. trailblazers
  5. trailblazes
  6. trailblazing
  7. trailboard
  8. trailboards
  9. trailboat
  10. trailboats
  11. trailbreak

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