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spring gun

spring gun noun: a gun rigged to fire when a tripwire is crossed.

Noun

spring gun (plural spring guns)

  1. A gun rigged to fire when a tripwire is crossed.
    • A prevalent custom is the "pomali," exactly equivalent to the "taboo" of the Pacific islanders, and equally respected. It is used on the commonest occasions, and a few palm leaves stuck outside a garden as a sign of the "pomali" will preserve its produce from thieves as effectually as the...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., page 306

Forms of spring gun

pluralspring guns

Questions about spring gun

What does spring gun mean?
Spring gun means a gun rigged to fire when a tripwire is crossed.
What part of speech is spring gun?
Spring gun is a noun.
What is the plural of spring gun?
The plural of spring gun is spring guns.

Words near spring gun in the dictionary

  1. spring green
  2. spring greens
  3. Spring Grove
  4. spring growth
  5. Spring Gully
  6. spring gun
  7. spring guns
  8. spring hammer
  9. spring hammers
  10. spring has sprung
  11. spring heel

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