"flash-ball" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flash-balls [plural]
Etymology: From the trademark Flash-ball, from flash + ball. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|flash|ball}} flash + ball Head templates: {{en-noun}} flash-ball (plural flash-balls)
  1. A form of handgun that fires projectiles of rubber or similar material, used mainly by law enforcement officers for riot control. Synonyms: defense ball launcher
    Sense id: en-flash-ball-en-noun-0bSoj5Ia
  2. The projectile fired from this gun. Categories (topical): Firearms Synonyms: rubber bullet
    Sense id: en-flash-ball-en-noun-PECIc1xE Disambiguation of Firearms: 24 76 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English genericized trademarks, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 82 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: flashball, Flash-Ball Translations (rubber-projectile handgun): kumikuula-ase (Finnish), lanceur de balle de défense [masculine] (French), Hartgummi-Werfer [masculine] (German), Hartgummigeschoss-Werfer [masculine] (German)
Disambiguation of 'rubber-projectile handgun': 54 46

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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