blowpipe

American  

[bloh-pahyp] / ˈbloʊˌpaɪp /

noun

1. a tube through which a stream of air or gas is forced into a flame to concentrate and increase its heating action.

2. Also called blow-iron,.  Also called blowtube.  Glass Blowing. a long metal pipe used to gather and blow the molten glass in making hollowware.

3. blowgun.

4. Medicine/Medical. an instrument used to observe or clean a cavity.

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blowpipe British  

/ ˈbləʊˌpaɪp /

noun

1. US word: blowgun.  a long tube from which pellets, poisoned darts, etc, are shot by blowing

2. Also called: blow tube.  a tube for blowing air or oxygen into a flame to intensify its heat and direct it onto a small area

3. a long narrow iron pipe used to gather molten glass and blow it into shape

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Etymology

Origin of blowpipe

First recorded in 1675–85; blow ² + pipe ¹

Example Sentences

As monsoon rains hammered down on the village of Mushuk Llacta, Peregrina Cenepo, 79, showed off the blowpipe she said her late husband used for hunting.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 22, 2022

One, the blowpipe hypothesis, maintains that bony parts of the fish’s mouth clap together into a tube shape through which the water spurts out like peas through a straw.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 22, 2022

Molten glass slowly ballooning from the tip of a blowpipe.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2019

For the sake of his triple-decker life, Sherry went everywhere the globe-trotting novelist had been, exposing himself to every blowpipe and mosquito-loud interior.

From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2016

At once Ranofer removed it to the stone block, dropped the blowpipe and seized the mallet instead.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw