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peashooter

peashooter

1 4.0
A simple tube toy you blow into to shoot small peas
  • noun
  • /ˈpiːˌʃuːtər/
: lanzaguisantes
  • WHEN I WAS A KID, A BUNCH OF US WOULD GO INTO THE WOODS WITH OUR PEASHOOTERS.

Examples

  • He sheepishly passes her the peashooter.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • [man] Why don't you toss that peashooter over to me?

    They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

  • Now, let me see that peashooter of yours.

    Angel (1984)

  • Give me that peashooter.

    The Comancheros (1961)

  • She now has the PEASHOOTER in her mouth, aimed at Judge Womack.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Children love to play outside with their peashooters, aiming at each other with dried peas.

  • He showed his friend how to use the peashooter to shoot small objects across the yard.

  • During recess, the kids gathered to see who could launch their peashooter the farthest.

Synonyms

pea shooter
vspeashooter
3 4.8

A narrow tube you blow small dried peas through to hit a target

is a simple tube toy for shooting small objects by blowing through it
blowgun
vspeashooter
3 8.3

A long tube you blow through to shoot small darts

is a simple toy tube for shooting tiny objects like peas by blowing

How Powerful

rifle
518 3.2
airgun
1 4.1
slingshot
20 3.3
blowgun
3 8.3
peashooter
1 4.0

Surface Forms

peashooter singular
peashooters plural

Morphology

peashooter = pea + shooter (transparent) = pea + shoot + er

Formed by the clear compound 'pea' + 'shooter' (shoot + -er) referring literally to a device for shooting peas.

Etymology

Peashooter joins the simple words pea and shoot. Shoot means 'to send quickly', and the toy is a small tube you blow through to 'shoot' tiny peas, so the name fits the little child's toy.