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water pistol

noun

  1. a toy gun that shoots a stream of liquid.



water pistol

noun

  1. Also called (US): water gun.a toy pistol that squirts a stream of water or other liquid

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of water pistol1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Bemused couples sitting in street cafés got squirted with water pistols and a luxury clothes store was pasted with stickers declaring the tourists who'd shut themselves inside unwelcome.

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In terms of firepower, he is armed with a water pistol.

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When the boy's mother appeared and explained he had been playing with a toy water pistol, he was de-arrested and his handcuffs removed, the watchdog said.

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You are asking me to make a prediction and I don't know which gun I've got - a bazooka or a water pistol.

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In Barcelona, demonstrators fired at foreign visitors with water pistols and among the slogans daubed on their banners were: “Tourism kills the city” and “Tourists go home.”

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