Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hollow tube through which a dart or similar missile may be blown.
Similar
blowpipeblow tube
More synonyms by meaning
nouna tube through which darts can be shot by blowing
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic سبطانة
- سبطانة (sabaṭāna)weapon
Catalan sarbatana
- sarbatanaweapon
Chinese Mandarin 吹箭
- 吹箭 (chuījiàn)weapon
Czech foukačka
- foukačkaweapon
Dutch blaasroer, blaaspijp
- blaasroerweapon
- blaaspijpweapon
Esperanto blovpafilo
- blovpafiloweapon
Finnish puhallusputki
- puhallusputkiweapon
French sarbacane
- sarbacaneweapon
German Blasrohr
- Blasrohrweapon
Hungarian fúvócső, légfúvóka
- fúvócsőweapon
- légfúvókaweapon
Indonesian sumpitan
- sumpitanweapon
Italian cerbottana
- cerbottanaweapon
Japanese 吹き矢
- 吹き矢 (fukiya)weapon
Korean 바람총
- 바람총 (baramchong)weapon
Malay سومڤيت, sumpit
- سومڤيتweapon
- sumpitweapon
Norwegian Bokmål blåserør
- blåserørweapon
Polish dmuchawka, świstuła
- dmuchawkaweapon
- świstuławeapon
Portuguese zarabatana
- zarabatanaweapon
Russian духова́я тру́бка
- духова́я тру́бка (duxovája trúbka)weapon
Spanish cerbatana
- cerbatanaweapon
Swedish blåsrör
- blåsrörweapon
Tagalog sumpak, supla
- sumpakweapon
- suplaweapon
- supladorweapon
Turkish tüftüf, ağız tüfeği
- tüftüfweapon
- ağız tüfeğiweapon
Vietnamese ống xì đồng
- ống xì đồngweapon
Cite this entry
APA
blowgun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blowgun
MLA
“blowgun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blowgun. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blowgun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blowgun.
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