blasting

Etymology 1

From Middle English blastynge, equivalent to blast + ing (present participle ending).

verb

1. present participle and gerund of blast
   The TV is blasting. Please turn it down!

Etymology 2

From Middle English blastyng, blastynge, equivalent to blast + -ing (gerundive ending).

noun

1. A planned explosion, as in mining.
   But it was a different matter altogether when the blasting of the tunnel was commenced. 1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 754
2. The act by which something is blasted, or blighted.
3. (bodybuilding, slang) Administering full dosage of PEDs as opposed to lowering them during times of so-called cruising.
   Coordinate term: cruising