cap gun

See also: cap-gun

English

Noun

cap gun (plural cap guns)

1. A toy gun that uses small charges of shock-sensitive explosive compounds to simulate the sound and puff of smoke of a gunshot.

Alternative forms

• cap-gun

Coordinate terms

• cap pistol

Translations

toy gun

• Dutch: klapperpistool (nl) n
• Finnish: nallipyssy (fi)
• Malayalam: പൊട്ടാസ് തോക്ക് (poṭṭāsŭ tōkkŭ)
• Swedish: knallpulverpistol c

Further reading

• cap gun on Wikipedia.Wikipedia