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popgun

popgun is the alternative form of pop gun.

Meaning of pop gun

Noun

pop gun (plural pop guns)

  1. A toy gun that emits a loud pop by firing a cork from a barrel in which a piston slides, compressing the air and forcing the cork out. The cork is traditionally attached to the toy by a piece of string.
  2. A firearm of unimpressive appearance.

Forms of popgun

pluralpopguns

Questions about popgun

What is popgun the alternative form of?
Popgun is the alternative form of pop gun.

Words near popgun in the dictionary

  1. popeyed
  2. popeyes
  3. Popești
  4. popfur
  5. popfurs
  6. popgun
  7. popguns
  8. Popham
  9. Pophams
  10. pophole
  11. popholes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: popgun (page history and authors); pop gun (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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