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[syn: blowgun, blowpipe, blowtube, blow tube]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Blowgun \Blow"gun`\, n.
A tube, as of cane or reed, sometimes twelve feet long,
through which an arrow (sometimes poisoned) or other
projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is
a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West
Indies; -- called also blowpipe, and blowtube. See
Sumpitan.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
blowgun
n 1: a tube through which darts can be shot by blowing [syn:
blowgun, blowpipe, blowtube, blow tube]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "blowgun":
automatic, bellows, blower, blowpipe, blowtube, firearm,
flamethrower, gat, gun, handgun, heater, musket, peashooter, piece,
pistol, repeater, revolver, rifle, rod, sawed-off shotgun,
shooting iron, shotgun, six-gun, six-shooter