Pipe-opener

Quick meaning: Pipe-opener is a noun meaning A device for putting a hole in a pipe.

Meaning

A device for putting a hole in a pipe.

More Meanings

1. A device or mechanism for clearing obstructions in a pipe.
2. (sports) A practice event; a warm-up.
3. (figuratively) A brisk walk or other aerobic exercise; a constitutional.
4. (figuratively) An example that serves as an introduction.

Example Sentences

That tale may have served as a pipe-opener, but one could not see its wood for its trees, so I threw it away.

They will note the doings of the favourite for some particular race, scanning him keenly and critically ; they will see how he takes his pipe-opener, or if he breaks down, or if he turns lame, or is absent from exercise.

There is just no way to experience these pieces by looking from the outside, or in photos or on video: the initial view of them from the balcony above the Arcelor gallery is impressively dramatic, yet it's the merest pipe-opener to what unfolds close up and at floor level.

I would rather have the horse fit by the week-end preceding the three-day event and then, apart from a good sharp two-furlong pipe-opener after the dressage test before cross-country day, only do slow but interesting work, if necessary for long periods if the horse has an excitable temperament.

Word Forms

• pipe-openers

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