spray gun

American  

noun

1. a device consisting of a container from which paint or other liquid is sprayed through a nozzle by air pressure from a pump.

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spray gun British  

noun

1. a device that sprays a fluid in a finely divided form by atomizing the fluid in an air jet

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Etymology

Origin of spray gun

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

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spray gun

“Those were cut down and melted, made into ingots, then made into a wire that goes into a special spray gun that transforms aluminum into paint,” Gioni said.

From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2022

The new colorants come in a powdered form that Cypris Materials says can be incorporated into manufacturing processes—added to paint in an automotive spray gun, for example, or mixed into nail polish.

From Scientific American ● Nov. 13, 2020

Rick bought a $14 spray gun from Harbor Freight and watched a bunch of car-painting videos online.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2020

Politics aside, the dead Daniel Radcliffe movie Swiss Army Man was, at first, a messy spray gun of fart jokes and wimpy why-can’t-I-get-the-girl chauvinism.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2017

I asked, as Grover took out the spray gun.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan