What is another word for peashooters?

Pronunciation: [pˈiːʃuːtəz] (IPA)

Peashooters are small, tubular devices that can shoot small projectiles such as peas or small pellets. Some common synonyms for peashooters include blowguns, spitballs, and blowpipes. Other similar devices that can be used in play or combat include slingshots, power bands, and bow and arrows. Peashooters are often used in games such as target practice or friendly competition, with their small projectiles flying through the air and hitting targets. Whatever the device may be called, it adds an element of fun and excitement to playtime and is a popular pastime for many.

What are the hypernyms for Peashooters?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Peashooters

Here to London in one hour and twenty-five minutes or less, and guns-you just take a look at those exaggerated peashooters we've got on deck, and believe me, sir, that if we get one of John Castellan's Flying Fishes within six thousand yards of the end of one of those things it will do no more flying, except in very small pieces."
"The World Peril of 1910"
George Griffith
The man made me angry, and I told him I hadn't the least notion where he came in, but if he thought we were big enough babies to use peashooters he was jolly well mistaken.
"Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate"
Charles Turley
I was on the point of telling Fred that I knew the party of peashooters when he, being in a much happier state of mind than he had been in the morning, began to talk about Jack Ward, and to say that I was very likely right about him, and that he was sure to be a nice kind of man when one got to know him.
"Godfrey Marten, Undergraduate"
Charles Turley

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