water gun

noun

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His attorney said his client had been questioned by immigration authorities about a Facebook photo with a water gun after he was arrested in March, alongside his father. Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2025 Check this out 💦 Splash zone: During Songkran, Thailand’s annual New Year festival, people young and old take to the streets with water guns and buckets to engage in day-long battles. Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025 From April 13 to 15, the capital transforms into a massive free-for-all, where people appear with everything from water guns to hoses, dousing each other in water to mark the turn of the year. Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 7 Feb. 2025 On April 20, Isaac Leal, a baseball player at South Grand Prairie High School, was chasing other students with his water gun through an Arlington neighborhood. Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 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 28 May. 2025.

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