water pistol
noun
: a toy pistol designed to squirt a jet of liquid
called also water gun, squirt gun
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Armed guards were placed outside the compound, and children were instructed to remove water pistols and miniature guns from their Lego sets, in case the feds argued that weapons were encouraged on the compound.
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Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Williams was holding a water pistol, court records show.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Rising fuel costs have pushed up the price of food, and plastic goods are getting more expensive: Bangkok will recycle water pistols from its Songkran festival, famous for its water fights, as polyethylene costs rise 30%.
—Semafor Events, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
There were shouts and even a near miss from a water pistol.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
In 2024, Barcelona made headlines when some protesters sprayed tourists with water pistols.
—AFAR Media, 15 Aug. 2025
They're cast as hard-rock goofballs who take a radio station hostage with water pistols filled with hot sauce to get their demo tape played.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 July 2025
First Venice, then Barcelona — where tourists of all stripes are now routinely hosed down in protest by locals armed with water pistols — have in the course of falling victim to the effects of mass tourism, become the poster-child towns of the resistance to the erosion of culture.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
Williams was holding a water pistol, court records show.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
Rising fuel costs have pushed up the price of food, and plastic goods are getting more expensive: Bangkok will recycle water pistols from its Songkran festival, famous for its water fights, as polyethylene costs rise 30%.
—Semafor Events, semafor.com, 24 Apr. 2026
There were shouts and even a near miss from a water pistol.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
In 2024, Barcelona made headlines when some protesters sprayed tourists with water pistols.
—AFAR Media, 15 Aug. 2025
They're cast as hard-rock goofballs who take a radio station hostage with water pistols filled with hot sauce to get their demo tape played.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 July 2025
First Venice, then Barcelona — where tourists of all stripes are now routinely hosed down in protest by locals armed with water pistols — have in the course of falling victim to the effects of mass tourism, become the poster-child towns of the resistance to the erosion of culture.
—Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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“Water pistol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20pistol. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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