dart gun

Definitions

1. 1

   A gun, typically an air rifle, that fires a dart, usually tipped with a hypodermic needle.

   • The peculiar gun—obviously a dart gun—appeared to be a single-shot device.
   • 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.
   • 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. 2

   A toy gun, usually spring-loaded, that fires a plastic or foam dart.

   • In this lab you will investigate projectile motion with the help of a toy dart gun.
   • Kailey loads the plastic dart gun again and shoots at the therapist.
   • 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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