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blooming

bloo·ming

UK/ˈbluː.mɪŋ/ US/ˈblʊ.mɪŋ/ fairly common uk
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

the organic process of bearing flowers

  • “you will stop all bloom if you let the flowers go to seed”
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adjective

1.

(used of persons) informal intensifiers

  • “what a bally (or blinking) nuisance”
  • “a bloody fool”
  • “a crashing bore”
  • “you flaming idiot”
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Origin

By surface analysis, bloom + -ing.

Phrases

  • blooming heck
  • blooming hell
  • blooming onion

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