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spear gun

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noun

a device for shooting a barbed missile under water, usually by means of gas under pressure, a strong rubber band, or a powerful spring.

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Nearby words

  1. speakingly,
  2. spean,
  3. spear,
  4. spear carrier,
  5. spear grass,
  6. spear phish,
  7. spear side,
  8. spear-head spoon,
  9. spear-phishing,
  10. spear-thrower
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Examples from the Web for spear gun

  • Ashe dug the butt of his spear-gun into the sand on the flooring to uncover another oval depression.

    Key Out of Time|Andre Alice Norton

  • His spear-gun, the knife at his waist belt, neither were protection against this!

    Key Out of Time|Andre Alice Norton

British Dictionary definitions for spear gun

spear gun

noun

a device for shooting spears underwater
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