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pea shooter

pea shooter

1 4.8
A small plant in games that shoots peas to attack enemies
  • noun
  • Jargon
translation icon : planta tiradora
  • Players rely on a row of pea shooters to stop early waves of slow-moving enemies.

Examples

  • The tutorial teaches you how to upgrade your pea shooter to deal more damage per shot.

  • The pea shooter defeated several enemies in the game.

  • In Plants vs. Zombies, the pea shooter is one of the first plants you can place.

  • Have you ever played with a pea shooter?

  • In the game, the pea shooter launches peas at zombies to protect the garden.

  • Players can upgrade their pea shooter to increase its shooting speed and power.

  • The character uses a pea shooter in the battle against the invading monsters.

Surface Forms

pea shooter singular
pea shooters plural

Morphology

pea + shooter

The compound combines 'pea' (a small round seed) and 'shooter' (one that shoots), so a learner who knows both words can readily infer an entity that fires peas as projectiles. This is a straightforward, compositional noun phrase following transparent English compounding patterns, making the meaning accessible to a B1 learner.

Etymology

In games, the pea shooter borrows the toy picture: a small plant or attacker that fires tiny peas at enemies, just like the toy fires peas at a target. So the name shows it is a basic, low-power attacker in the game.