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

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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

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

Mr. Olitski used a spray gun to produce an ethereal backdrop of speckles interrupted by thick daubs of paint and subtle vertical lines.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2015

Under the philosophy that now seems to guide our destinies, nothing must get in the way of the man with the spray gun.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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