airing

noun

air·​ing ˈer-iŋ 

1

: exposure to air or heat for drying or freshening

give the room an airing

2

: exposure to or exercise in the open air especially to promote health or fitness

3

: exposure to public view or notice

4

: a radio or television broadcast

Examples of airing in a Sentence

A full airing of the issue is scheduled.

Recent Examples on the Web

This is a listing for 'This Week' airing Sunday, September 7, 2025. —ABC News, 6 Sep. 2025

However, the most visible change introduced that day was the brand’s new logo, which didn’t get an airing on GMA, but whiplashed the company once the news was picked up on social media. —Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Costello appeared to hard-launch her relationship with Hershberger on Instagram in April, a month after her season of The Bachelor finished airing. —Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 26 Aug. 2025

Whitters launches into a free-flowing, five-minute airing of very real grievances about splitting the better part of the past decade between life on the road and sitting in recording studios. —Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 21 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing airing

• airing cupboard

Rhymes for airing

• bearing
• blaring
• caring
• chairing
• charing
• daring
• erring
• fairing
• flaring
• glaring
• haring
• herring