water pistol
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of water pistol
First recorded in 1900–05
Example Sentences
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After dropping the water pistol, the man was arrested.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
You are asking me to make a prediction and I don't know which gun I've got - a bazooka or a water pistol.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024
Surprisingly, one of the most violent-appearing images depicts water pistol games at a Pride Parade.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 23, 2022
"I feel like it's a raging fire," she told the board, "and I've got a water pistol."
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2022
Zooey was now gazing abstractedly at an old root-beer stain on the ceiling plaster, which he himself had made nineteen or twenty years earlier, with a water pistol.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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