Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)
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watercannon
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans waterkanon
- waterkanondevice shooting water
Arabic مِدْفَع مَاء
- مِدْفَع مَاء (midfaʕ māʔ)device shooting water
Bulgarian во́дно оръ́дие
- во́дно оръ́дие (vódno orắdie)device shooting water
Chinese Mandarin 水炮
- 水炮 (shuǐpào)device shooting water
Czech vodní dělo
- vodní dělodevice shooting water
Danish vandkanon
- vandkanondevice shooting water
Dutch waterwerper, waterkanon
- waterwerperdevice shooting water
- waterkanondevice shooting water
- brandspuitdevice shooting water
Estonian veekahur
- veekahurdevice shooting water
Finnish vesitykki
- vesitykkidevice shooting water
French canon à eau
- canon à eaudevice shooting water
German Wasserwerfer, WaWe
- Wasserwerferdevice shooting water
- WaWedevice shooting water
- Strahlrohrdevice shooting water
- Wasserkanonedevice shooting water
- Wasserspritzedevice shooting water
Hebrew מכת״ז
- מכת״זdevice shooting water
Italian cannone ad acqua
- cannone ad acquadevice shooting water
Japanese 放水砲, 放水銃
- 放水砲 (hōsuihō)device shooting water
- 放水銃 (hōsuijū)device shooting water
- 水大砲 (mizutaihō)device shooting water
Korean 물대포
- 물대포 (muldaepo)device shooting water
Lithuanian vandens patranka
- vandens patrankadevice shooting water
Norwegian Bokmål vannkanon
- vannkanondevice shooting water
Persian ماشین آبپاش
- ماشین آبپاش (mâšin-e âb-pâš)device shooting water
Polish armatka wodna
- armatka wodnadevice shooting water
Portuguese canhão d'água, canhão de água
- canhão d'águadevice shooting water
- canhão de águadevice shooting water
Russian водомёт, водяна́я пу́шка
- водомёт (vodomjót)device shooting water
- водяна́я пу́шка (vodjanája púška)device shooting water
- брандспо́йт (brandspójt)device shooting water
Slovak vodné delo
- vodné delodevice shooting water
Spanish cañón de agua
- cañón de aguadevice shooting water
Swedish vattenkanon
- vattenkanondevice shooting water
Turkish su topu
- su topudevice shooting water
Ukrainian водоме́т, брандспо́йт
- водоме́т (vodomét)device shooting water
- брандспо́йт (brandspójt)device shooting water
Cite this entry
APA
water cannon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20cannon
MLA
“water cannon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20cannon. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “water cannon,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/water%20cannon.
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