Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a bellows (device for delivering pressurized air).

Etymologies

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bellows +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Slowly he became aware that his fingers were knotted with pain from gripping his sword, that the heavy, bellowslike sound was not coming from the sky, but from his own lungs.

    The Irda Baker, Linda P. 1995

  • In the center of the swarm of diggers was a wagon on which a bellowslike contraption puffed gouts of black dust at the Hestite warriors.

    Riverwind the Plainsman Thompson, Paul B. 1990

  • Two diggers, one a former miller, the other an expert forge-maker, contrived a bellowslike device that sprayed the pepper at the enemy.

    Riverwind the Plainsman Thompson, Paul B. 1990

  • For now I heard bellowslike hissing sounds and scrambling noises from somewhere outside and to my left.

    Trumps of Doom Zelazny, Roger 1985

  • The symptoms of this disease are chronic, spasmodic cough and simultaneous passage of gas from the rectum; double bellowslike action of the abdominal muscles in breathing; harsh staring coat; hide-bound skin; weakness, and ill-health in general.

    Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry Pratt Food Co.

  • These muscles, especially in the region of the flank, are seen to contract, then pause for a moment, then complete the act of contracting, thus making a double bellowslike movement at each expiration, a sort of jerky motion with every breath.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • He had a big plastic tube shoved down his throat, taped in place and connected to a machine the size of Lauren’s washing machine with a bellowslike contraption inside a clear plastic casing that sucked in and out in rhythm to the rise and fall of his chest.

    Memory of Fire Lisle, Holly 2002

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