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Definition of Popgun
1. Noun. Plaything consisting of a toy gun that makes a popping sound.
Definition of Popgun
1. n. A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air.
Definition of Popgun
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of pop gun) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Popgun
1. a toy gun [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Popgun
Literary usage of Popgun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Technique of Some South American Feather-work by Charles Williams Mead (1908)
"Whirlwind Design, from a popgun. Length of design, 7.5 cm. the ... Another form
of the same design is repeated in a series on a wooden popgun (Fig. 21). ..."
2. Admiral Vernon and the Navy, a Memoir and Vindication: A Memoir and by Douglas Ford (1907)
"... "—Walpole on the generals—Lord Loudoun—" popgun " Hopson—" Hangman ... popgun ..."
3. The Poet at the Breakfast-table: He Talks with His Fellow-boarders and the by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"... I find myself all at once exclaiming in mental articulation, popgun ! When my
friend the story-teller begins that protracted narrative which has often ..."
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