peashooter
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈpiːˌʃuːtər/
- Informal
:
pistola de poca potencia
- That's one hell of a peashooter you got there.
Examples
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You expect to kill me with that peashooter?
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In a serious fight, a peashooter is almost useless compared to an assault rifle.
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Where in hell did you get a peashooter like that?
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Take your peashooter and run, boy.
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Hey, be careful with that, that's my peashooter.
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So, why don't you put that peashooter down and pick up one of these and let's cause some damage.
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I never had you figured for a man packin' iron even if it is a peashooter.
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You think that tiny peashooter can take down a tank?
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That old peashooter won't do anything against modern weapons.
Synonyms
A small light gun that people see as not powerful and only for shooting small animals
A small gun that often appears in old stories
A small gun like a .22 rifle that people use for casual target shooting
Antonyms
How Powerful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Peashooter was first the name of that toy that fired a tiny pea, so people began to call any small, weak gun a peashooter because it is like the harmless toy. That's why the word now means a gun that is not very powerful.