Meanings
plural peashooters · alternative pea-shooter
- A toy weapon consisting of a tube through which dried peas or small objects are blown.
Synonyms: beanshooter, bean-shooter
- slangengineeringAny small or ineffective gun or weapon.
Compared to my forty-five, it's a toy. Christ, Thanet, why did you buy it in the first place? I would have given you one of mine, a real weapon, one with knock down power, compared to that peashooter on your hip.
2012, Wayne Greenough, The Ferguson Murder, page 41
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA toy weapon consisting of a tube through which dried peas or small objects are blown.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian плюкало
- плюкало (pljukalo)toy weapon
Dutch erwtenschieter
- erwtenschietertoy weapon
Finnish hernepyssy, hernepyssyllä ampuja
- hernepyssytoy weapon
- hernepyssyllä ampujaperson who uses such a device
- hyödytön asesmall or ineffective gun or weapon
French pétoire, pétoire
- pétoiretoy weapon
- pétoiresmall or ineffective gun or weapon
Italian cerbottana
- cerbottanatoy weapon
Japanese 豆鉄砲
- 豆鉄砲 (mameteppō)toy weapon
Polish pukawka
- pukawkatoy weapon
Russian горохострел
- горохострел (goroxostrel)toy weapon
Spanish cerbatana
- cerbatanatoy weapon
Swedish ärtbössa, ärtpistol
- ärtbössatoy weapon
- ärtpistoltoy weapon
- blåsrörtoy weapon
Cite this entry
peashooter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peashooter
“peashooter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peashooter. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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