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spear gun

American  

noun

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


spear gun British  

noun

  1. a device for shooting spears underwater

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Murina,” an impressively tense, psychologically astute drama from Croatia, opens with a glimpse of Chekhov’s spear gun, a device not uncommon in tales of underwater peril.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2022

Wearing a snorkeling mask, and with a spear gun in one hand, she glides through the water, her strong body propelling her forward.

From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2022

I had just enough time to lift my spear gun and try to fend it off.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 2, 2019

Mr Craig said he placed his spear gun between himself and the shark as it swam by him in Shark Bay, about 800km north of Perth, the state capital.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2017

Then the scene whirled and he saw Scotty, standing in water to his waist, spear gun lifted to fire.

From The Flying Stingaree by Harold L. (Harold Leland) Goodwin

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