筒つつ先さき

noun

nozzle; muzzle; gunpoint

Refers to the tip of a tube, hose, or firearm barrel. Can be used literally for a nozzle or muzzle, and figuratively for being at gunpoint.

• ホースの筒つつ先さきを花か壇だんに向むけて水みずをやった。

  I pointed the nozzle of the hose at the flower bed and watered it.

• 犯はん人にんは店てん員いんに筒つつ先さきを突つきつけた。

  The criminal pointed the gun at the store clerk.