blowtorch

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English

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Etymology

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An old-fashioned kerosene/paraffin blowtorch

From blow +‎ torch.

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Noun

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blowtorch (plural blowtorches)

  1. A tool which projects a controlled stream of a highly flammable gas over a spark in order to produce a controlled flame.
    Synonym: torch
  2. (US, military, slang) A jet fighter.
    • 1949, Popular Science, volume 155, number 6, page 120:
      When the firecan jockeys have flown their blowtorches some 100,000 miles, the doctors take over for the ground physical.

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Verb

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blowtorch (third-person singular simple present blowtorches, present participle blowtorching, simple past and past participle blowtorched)

  1. (transitive) To apply a blowtorch to (something).

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