water gun

noun

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Watching Kordell turn his teeth into a water gun and hearing Serena’s plans for keeping Kordell’s cat, Milo, off the kitchen counters? Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 18 July 2025 The two quarrel over the Ukrainian leader’s outfit before trading jabs in the air with Trump firing a water gun at the Ukrainian president. Chris Lau, CNN Money, 14 July 2025 Just last week, during the band’s show at the Hurricane Festival in Germany, Armstrong had to pause the set to yell at a fan who appeared to be shooting Armstrong with a water gun. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2025 Accident during viral game Leal, a baseball player at South Grand Prairie High School, was chasing other students with his water gun in an Arlington neighborhood on April 20, police said. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for water gun

Word History

First Known Use

1951, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of water gun was in 1951

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“Water gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20gun. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.

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