spear gun


noun

a device for shooting a barbed missile under water, usually by means of gas under pressure, a strong rubber band, or a powerful spring.

Example sentences from the Web for spear gun

  • Ashe dug the butt of his spear-gun into the sand on the flooring to uncover another oval depression.

    Key Out of Time |Andre Alice Norton
  • His spear-gun, the knife at his waist belt, neither were protection against this!

    Key Out of Time |Andre Alice Norton

British Dictionary definitions for spear gun

spear gun

noun

a device for shooting spears underwater