blowgun

[ bloh-guhn ]

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noun

a pipe or tube through which darts or other missiles are blown by the breath.

Origin of blowgun

An Americanism dating back to 1800–10; blow² + gun¹

Also called blowtube.

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How to use blowgun in a sentence

Sumpit, sum′pit, n. the poisoned arrow thrown from the Sum′pitan, or Malay blow-gun.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various
In the Muskogian area the blow-gun is found, and its use extended also to some of the Iroquoian tribes (Cherokee, &c.).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 14, Slice 4 | Various
The principal hunting weapon used by these Indians is the blow-gun or bodoqueda, known to them as the obidique.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise | Walter Hardenburg
They go by in a minute, and I take off the last one with my blow-gun.
The Inca Emerald | Samuel Scoville
His words were punctuated by the deadly pop of Pinto's blow-gun.
The Inca Emerald | Samuel Scoville

British Dictionary definitions for blowgun

blowgun

/ (ˈbləʊˌɡʌn) /

noun

the US word for blowpipe (def. 1)

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