"flag gun" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: flag guns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} flag gun (plural flag guns)
  1. (UK) A gun in an artillery train bearing a flag. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-flag_gun-en-noun-ex0xS2oM Disambiguation of Military: 67 33 Categories (other): British English
  2. A humorous prop gun which unfurls a small flag when its trigger is pulled. Categories (topical): Comedy Hypernyms (prop): novelty, prop Related terms (Bang Flag Gun): TV Tropes
    Sense id: en-flag_gun-en-noun-tdI0U-P5 Disambiguation of Comedy: 6 94 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 15 85 Disambiguation of 'prop': 1 99 Disambiguation of 'Bang Flag Gun': 36 64

Inflected forms

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