Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A toy consisting of a small tube through which dried peas or other pellets are blown.
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- noun A
toy gun , consisting of atube through whichpeas or small objects areblown . - noun Any
small orineffective gun.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Levi the Oracle says: peashooter is using this blog to make death threats.
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I think the troll that just popped up is the peashooter from the other day who sounds like he is in his 80’s; a racist bigot who thinks he knows everything.
Think Progress » Cuccinelli: Homosexual ‘acts’ are a ‘detriment to our culture.’ 2010
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Peashooter says: red ♪ ♫ ♪ says: peashooter, if you went camping with some guys and when they got you out in the woods they tied you up and raped you would you tell anyone?
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Drug trafficking in the United States was a trillion-dollar enterprise and sometimes it was made crystal clear to law enforcement that trying to eradicate its operation was akin to trying to take on a missile launcher with a peashooter.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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Peashooter says: red ♪ ♫ ♪ says: punks like peashooter spend a lot of time locked in gangboxes on construction sites.
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I'll stick with my heavy old .338 you pack whatever peashooter you can manage.
Whats the best rifle for antelope hunting? Also whats the best for mountain goat hunting? 2009
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Drug trafficking in the United States was a trillion-dollar enterprise and sometimes it was made crystal clear to law enforcement that trying to eradicate its operation was akin to trying to take on a missile launcher with a peashooter.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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But Texas, as one of its new owners just said, isn't going into this with a peashooter, all of which means that World Series or not, it's going to be a very pleasant off-season for Cliff Lee.
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Mandy kicked at the clutch and ground the gears of the little peashooter.
Locomotion Carol Reid 2011
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I'll stick with my heavy old .338 you pack whatever peashooter you can manage.
Whats the best rifle for antelope hunting? Also whats the best for mountain goat hunting? 2009
john commented on the word peashooter
"The American Boeing P-26, nicknamed the "Peashooter", was the first all-metal production fighter aircraft and the first pursuit monoplane used by the United States Army Air Corps." More on Wikipedia.
December 30, 2008