blow dryer

noun

variants or less commonly blow-dryer

ˈblō-ˌdrī(-ə)r 

plural blow dryers also blow-dryers

: a handheld device that blows usually hot air and is used for drying and often styling hair : hair dryer sense 1

Examples of blow dryer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

There were no paper towels or mechanical blow dryer at the cookline handwash sink. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

Get volume and waves with a round brush and blow dryer, and rock on. — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2026

Pattern has previously introduced a blow dryer and curling iron. — Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026

The breeze felt like a blow dryer. — Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for blow dryer

• briar
• brier
• buyer
• choir
• crier
• cryer
• drier
• eyer
• flier
• flyer
• friar
• frier

Kids Definition

blow-dryer

noun

blow-dry·​er

-ˌdrī(-ə)r

: a handheld hair dryer