"spring gun" meaning in All languages combined

See spring gun on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: spring guns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} spring gun (plural spring guns)
  1. A gun rigged to fire when a tripwire is crossed.
    Sense id: en-spring_gun-en-noun-zQNun9kr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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