squirt gun

noun

A toy gun used to shoot water.

Meanings

nounsquirt gun (plural squirt guns)

plural squirt guns

  1. A toy gun used to shoot water.

    He possessed a large squirt gun which he delighted to fill with bilge water in the dead of night.

    1926 April 19, “Miscellany”, in Time

    Synonyms: water pistol, water gun

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA toy gun used to shoot water.

More synonyms by meaning

nounplaything consisting of a toy pistol that squirts water

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 水槍 /水枪
  • 水槍 /水枪 (shuǐqiāng)a toy gun used to shoot water
Czech stříkací pistole
  • stříkací pistolea toy gun used to shoot water
Danish vandpistol
  • vandpistola toy gun used to shoot water
Dutch waterpistool
  • waterpistoola toy gun used to shoot water
Finnish vesipistooli, vesipyssy
  • vesipistoolia toy gun used to shoot water
  • vesipyssya toy gun used to shoot water
French pistolet à eau
  • pistolet à eaua toy gun used to shoot water
German Wasserpistole
  • Wasserpistolea toy gun used to shoot water
Greek νεροπίστολο
  • νεροπίστολο (neropístolo)a toy gun used to shoot water
Hebrew אֶקְדַּח מַיִם
  • אֶקְדַּח מַיִם (eqdáẖ máyim)a toy gun used to shoot water
Hungarian vízipisztoly
  • vízipisztolya toy gun used to shoot water
Italian pistola ad acqua
  • pistola ad acquaa toy gun used to shoot water
Japanese 水鉄砲
  • 水鉄砲 (mizudeppō)a toy gun used to shoot water
Korean 물총
  • 물총 (mulchong)a toy gun used to shoot water
Polish psikawka, sikawka
  • psikawkaa toy gun used to shoot water
  • sikawkaa toy gun used to shoot water
Portuguese bisnaga, pistola d'água
  • bisnagaa toy gun used to shoot water
  • pistola d'águaa toy gun used to shoot water
Romanian pistol cu apă, pistol cu strop
  • pistol cu apăa toy gun used to shoot water
  • pistol cu stropa toy gun used to shoot water
Russian водяно́й пистоле́т
  • водяно́й пистоле́т (vodjanój pistolét)a toy gun used to shoot water
Slovak vodná pištoľ
  • vodná pištoľa toy gun used to shoot water
Spanish pistola de agua
  • pistola de aguaa toy gun used to shoot water
Swedish vattenpistol
  • vattenpistola toy gun used to shoot water
Thai ปืนฉีดน้ำ
  • ปืนฉีดน้ำ (bpʉʉn-chìit-náam)a toy gun used to shoot water
Turkish su tabancası
  • su tabancasıa toy gun used to shoot water
Cite this entry
APA

squirt gun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squirt%20gun

MLA

“squirt gun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squirt%20gun. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “squirt gun,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/squirt%20gun.

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