dart gun

English

dart gun (definition 1)

dart gun (definition 2)

Noun

dart gun (plural dart guns)

1. An gun, typically an air rifle, that fires a dart, usually tipped with a hypodermic needle.
   • 2017, Sharon Ervin, Memory:

     The peculiar gun—obviously a dart gun—appeared to be a single-shot device.

   • 2018, Jonathan Cranston, The Travelling Vet:

     Rob was on call so had grabbed the dart gun, some darts and all the other equipment he might require for the procedure and headed over to the park.

   • 2021, Ankur Awadhiya, Principles of Wildlife Conservation, page 234:

     For animals with thick skins — called pachyderms — such as elephant, rhinoceros and wild buffalo, a gunpowder dart gun [Fig. 7.3i] is used in the place of an air gun for better penetration power.

2. A toy gun, usually spring-loaded, that fires a plastic or foam dart.
   • 1990, Peter Goodwin, Practical Physics Labs: A Resource Manual, page 64:

     In this lab you will investigate projectile motion with the help of a toy dart gun.

   • 2005, Maria Giordano, Garry L. Landreth, Leslie Jones, A Practical Handbook for Building the Play Therapy Relationship, page 101:

     Kailey loads the plastic dart gun again and shoots at the therapist.

   • 2010, CliffsNotes TExES: Generalist EC-6, page 283:

     Using a spring-loaded plastic dart gun with four different notches, he places the dart gun on its side with the nozzle of the dart gun flush with the edge of the lab table.

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See also

• tranquilizer dart

Anagrams

• guntard