squirt gun

noun

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Some fling balloons filled with colored water from rooftops and others use squirt guns. ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026 This includes replicas, so leave squirt guns, or anything resembling a firearm (pellet guns, airsoft guns, etc.), at home. Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026 Instead, the Warriors have walked into a shootout with a squirt gun. Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026 These weren’t your typical ineffective squirt guns from the dollar store that shot a weak jet of water a few inches in front of you. Kara Nesvig, Parents, 24 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for squirt gun

Word History

First Known Use

1803, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of squirt gun was in 1803

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“Squirt gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/squirt%20gun. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.

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