peashooter
See also: pea-shooter
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpiːˌʃuːtə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpiˌʃutəɹ/, [-ɾəɹ]
- Hyphenation: pea‧shoot‧er
Noun edit
peashooter (plural peashooters)
- A toy weapon consisting of a tube through which dried peas or small objects are blown.
- Synonyms: beanshooter, bean-shooter
- A person who uses such a device.
- (weaponry, slang) Any small or ineffective gun or weapon.
- 2012, Wayne Greenough, The Ferguson Murder, page 41:
- Compared to my forty-five, it's a toy. Christ, Thanet, why did you buy it in the first place? I would have given you one of mine, a real weapon, one with knock down power, compared to that peashooter on your hip.
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Translations edit
toy weapon
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person who uses such a device
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small or ineffective gun or weapon
References edit
- ^ “pea-shooter, n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “pea-shooter, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading edit
- peashooter (toy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- peashooter (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia