peashooter

From pea +‎ shooter.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːˌʃuːtə(ɹ)/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpiˌʃutəɹ/, [-ɾəɹ]
• Hyphenation: pea‧shoot‧er

peashooter (plural peashooters)

2. A toy weapon consisting of a tube through which dried peas or small objects are blown.

   Synonyms: beanshooter, bean-shooter

3. A person who uses such a device.
4. (weaponry, slang) Any small or ineffective gun or weapon.
   • 2012, Wayne Greenough, The Ferguson Murder, page 41:

     Compared to my forty-five, it's a toy. Christ, Thanet, why did you buy it in the first place? I would have given you one of mine, a real weapon, one with knock down power, compared to that peashooter on your hip.

• pea-shooter

• blowgun, blowpipe

• peashooting

• peashooter (toy) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• peashooter (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia