aspirator
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pəˌreɪ noun
1.
an apparatus or device employing suction.
2.
Hydraulics. a suction pump that operates by the pressure differential created by the high-speed flow of a fluid past an intake orifice.
3.
Medicine/Medical. an instrument for removing body fluids by suction.
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aspirator (ˈæspɪˌreɪtə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a device employing suction, such as a jet pump or one for removing fluids from a body cavity | |
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Aspirator
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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Example sentences
After emptying the traps, he spent three minutes around each one, sucking up live ants with the aspirator.
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