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While he’s drawn the ire of some segments of the Canucks fan base this season, which is understandable given the disappointing results and popgun offensive production this year, there’s no questioning the structural integrity that Tocchet’s Canucks have played with.
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Thomas Drance, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
With a popgun offence, the defensive seams showing and a work rate that has clicked in and out all season, the club determined that something had to be done.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
Despite a solid showing in the middle stanza, Vancouver’s offensive attack looked popgun.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Too much popgun and too little pop.
—BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2021
But history will recall that the flight occurred more than 60 years after Alan Shepard flew the same popgun trajectory aboard his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, becoming the first American in space.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 July 2021
Compared to California, Florida’s economy is a popgun.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
Its popgun cartridge was not much more than a pistol round.
—David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 22 Jan. 2019
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Thomas Drance, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
With a popgun offence, the defensive seams showing and a work rate that has clicked in and out all season, the club determined that something had to be done.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 8 Mar. 2025
Despite a solid showing in the middle stanza, Vancouver’s offensive attack looked popgun.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Too much popgun and too little pop.
—BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2021
But history will recall that the flight occurred more than 60 years after Alan Shepard flew the same popgun trajectory aboard his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, becoming the first American in space.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 July 2021
Compared to California, Florida’s economy is a popgun.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
Its popgun cartridge was not much more than a pistol round.
—David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 22 Jan. 2019
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“Popgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/popgun. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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popgun
noun
pop·gun
ˈpäp-ˌgən 
: a toy gun that usually shoots corks and makes a popping sound
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