blowpipe

Examples

• All

• We only had two clues, Waxflatters final words, "Eh Tar," and the blowpipe that was dropped at the scene of his death.

  Young Sherlock Holmes (1985)

• "And I thought we understood each other," he said, reloading his figurative blowpipe with a freshly venomed dart.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Gerry's got the blowpipe, sir.

  Fierce Creatures (1997)

• - I watch them for a week, got to know their habits, built a blind, dip my darts in curare, took 'em with my blowpipe.

  Primal (2019)

• I once asked a Batek man why their ancestors had not shot the Malay slave-raiders with poisoned blowpipe darts used for hunting animals.

  Academic text (2011)

• Traditionally, bridewealth consisted of valued heirlooms, such as ceramic jars, brass gongs, swords, blowpipes, and lengths of cloth.

  Academic text (1993)

• The hunter skillfully aimed his blowpipe at the target before taking a deep breath.

• In the dense jungle, the tribesman used a blowpipe to launch a dart at a bird in the trees.

• After gathering the materials, she crafted a blowpipe for her archery practice.

Synonyms

B

blowgun

vsblowpipe

3 8.3

A long tube you blow through to shoot small darts

is the same object but uses a different name form

B

blowtube

vsblowpipe

9.9

A long thin tube people blow through to shoot small darts

is the same object but uses an alternative name form

B

blow tube

vsblowpipe

8.4

A tube like a straw that sends small darts when someone blows into it

is the same object but written as a single-word variant

Surface Forms

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Etymology