spray gun


noun

a device consisting of a container from which paint or other liquid is sprayed through a nozzle by air pressure from a pump.
Also called squirt gun.

Origin of spray gun

First recorded in 1925–30

Example sentences from the Web for spray gun

  • Carrying the wrapper and the spray-gun to an outside fireplace, he snapped his lighter to them and tossed them in.

    Police Operation |H. Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for spray gun

spray gun

noun

a device that sprays a fluid in a finely divided form by atomizing the fluid in an air jet