spray gun

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noun

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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Also called squirt gun.

Origin of spray gun

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby spray gun

sprattle, sprawl, sprawly, spray, spray can, spray gun, spray millet, spray paint, spray skirt, spray tank, spray-paint
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Example sentences from the Web for spray gun

  • Carrying the wrapper and the spray-gun to an outside fireplace, he snapped his lighter to them and tossed them in.

    Police Operation|H. Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for spray gun

spray gun

noun

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