leaf blower

noun

: a machine that generates a current of air used to collect loose leaves and debris

He figures it would take two men with rakes and brooms a half hour to clear a typical driveway of a week's worth of leaves, or one man five minutes with a leaf blower.

—Evelyn Nieves

Examples of leaf blower in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These aren’t revelry-style foam parties that the club scene once embraced, but a more meditative experience driven by experimental music and the artist himself walking around the perimeter, directing foam onto people in increasing heights with what looks like a leaf blower. —John Metcalfe, The Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2025

There was so much of the blustery stuff that a course employee with a leaf blower zig-zagged between players on the putting green during the delay in a valiant effort to clear debris. Welcome to Torrey Pines and golf in a blender. —Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2025

Each year, the Maricopa County Air Quality Department asks fireplace owners not to burn fires (or use leaf blowers or take vehicles off roads). —Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 23 Dec. 2024

Public health authorities have already banned people from using leaf blowers to clean up ash because of the inhalation risk, and are advising returning residents to wipe down countertops and other surfaces, and to use a mop to remove ash from floors, instead of a vacuum. —Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1957, in the meaning defined above