"peashooter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpiːˌʃuːtə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpiˌʃutəɹ/ [General-American], [-ɾəɹ] [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-peashooter.wav [Southern-England] Forms: peashooters [plural]
Etymology: From pea + shooter. Etymology templates: {{langname|en}} English, {{senseno|en|toy}} sense 1, {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kewd-}}, {{compound|en|pea|shooter|notext=1|type=exocentric}} pea + shooter Head templates: {{en-noun}} peashooter (plural peashooters)
  1. A toy weapon consisting of a tube through which dried peas or small objects are blown. Categories (topical): Toys Synonyms: beanshooter, bean-shooter Translations (toy weapon): гарохастрэл (haróxastrel) (Belarusian), плюкало (pljukalo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), erwtenschieter (Dutch), hernepyssy (Finnish), pétoire (French), sucho [masculine] (Galician), zucho [masculine] (Galician), cerbottana (Italian), 豆鉄砲 (mameteppō) (alt: まめてっぽう) (Japanese), pukawka [feminine] (Polish), горохострел (goroxostrel) [masculine] (Russian), cerbatana (Spanish), ärtbössa [common-gender] (Swedish), ärtpistol [common-gender] (Swedish), blåsrör [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-peashooter-en-noun-en:toy Disambiguation of Toys: 63 17 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English exocentric compounds Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 7 31 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 9 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 12 42 Disambiguation of English exocentric compounds: 51 22 26 Disambiguation of 'toy weapon': 77 0 23
  2. A person who uses such a device. Categories (topical): People Translations (person who uses such a device): hernepyssyllä ampuja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-peashooter-en-noun-Uihmzi6p Disambiguation of People: 4 95 2 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 12 42 Disambiguation of 'person who uses such a device': 1 99 0
  3. (weaponry, slang) Any small or ineffective gun or weapon. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Weapons Translations (small or ineffective gun or weapon): hyödytön ase (Finnish), pétoire [feminine, informal] (French)
    Sense id: en-peashooter-en-noun-lkXJKqtJ Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 48 9 43 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 12 42 Topics: engineering, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry Disambiguation of 'small or ineffective gun or weapon': 11 0 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pea-shooter Hypernyms: blowgun, blowpipe Related terms: peashooting

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    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "toy weapon",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ärtpistol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "toy weapon",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "blåsrör"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who uses such a device",
      "word": "hernepyssyllä ampuja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "small or ineffective gun or weapon",
      "word": "hyödytön ase"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "small or ineffective gun or weapon",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "pétoire"
    }
  ],
  "word": "peashooter"
}

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