: a tubular instrument used for revealing or cleaning a bodily cavity by forcing air into it
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: a long metal tube on the end of which a glassmaker gathers a quantity of molten glass and through which he blows to expand and shape it
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe buck was given a low dose of tranquilizer, Tarbox said, delivered from a blowpipe. Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2019 Guests can learn to weave, hunt with a blowpipe, and fish sustainably with poisonous roots, but there are also opportunities to teach in the local school. Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Dec. 2018 At his workstation, Horton rests the blowpipe's midsection on a metal arm. C.j. Chivers, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2016