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

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

According to Bonzani the “plume” of the spray gun being used to apply the sealant was too short, meaning it couldn’t reach the inner crevices of the engine.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 16, 2018

The black forms are rendered with both a brush and a spray gun; observe the hazy and drippy edges on the curvier branches, petering out from the hand-painted segments.

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2017

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

Grover muttered something about girls being harder to understand than the Oracle at Delphi, then he handed me the spray gun and followed Annabeth.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan