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water pistol
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
water pistol
(noun)
water pistol
noun
plural
water pistols
water pistol
noun
plural
water pistols
Britannica Dictionary definition of WATER PISTOL
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:
a toy pistol that shoots a stream of water
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called also
(US)
water gun
,
(US)
squirt gun
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