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jet gun

American  

noun

  1. a small, pressurized device that injects a drug at sufficient velocity to penetrate the skin, used especially for immunizations.


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Carrying a hand-held nitrogen jet gun and connected to Gemini by a 50-ft. umbilical cord, he eased his way to Agena 8.

From Time Magazine Archive

At last Yaa was handed up to the platform, where a technician stood poised with his jet gun.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gripping his jet gun, he slipped alone into space over the Pacific, just east of Hawaii.

From Time Magazine Archive

The powerful little jet gun had only my small mass to shove in free space, without gravity or friction.

From Shipwreck in the Sky by Eando Binder

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