spring gunn.

Brit.

/ˈsprɪŋ ˌɡʌn/, U.S.

/ˈsprɪŋ ˌɡən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spring v.¹, gun n.; spring n.¹, gun n.

Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < spring v.¹ + gun n., and partly (in sense 2) < spring n.¹ + gun n.

1. A booby trap consisting of a gun equipped with a triggering device, such as a trip wire, designed to cause it to fire when a person or animal passes through an area or interacts with a particular object, typically used to protect property or land.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > type of firearm > spring- or trap-gun

watch-gun1769

spring gun1772

trap-gun1964

1772 Craftsman 15 Aug. Tuesday morning a man, attempting to rob Mr. Furney's garden, Christ-church, Surry, was shot by a spring-gun.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 27 He should have warned us of our danger..by advertising, ‘Spring-guns and man-traps set here’.

1825 Gentleman's Mag. 95 i. 262 Lord Suffield moved the first reading of the Bill for prohibiting the use of Spring Guns as a means of protection for game.

1865 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Were-wolves xv. 259 It was on the night of the 15th March that the spring-gun shot him.

1961 C. Willock Death in Covert xii. 217 I set the spring-guns, sir... I'm willing to take my medicine for that.

2000 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 3 Feb. 2 a/5 While the defendant may have intended to hurt only somebody who is committing a crime, the spring gun doesn't know who is opening the door.

2. A toy gun in which the missile is discharged by the release of a spring.

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society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > toy weapons > [noun]

poop1489

pellet1553

trunk1553

elder-gun1600

popgun1649

spitter1688

pluff1695

whistling arrowa1718

pea-shooter1782

pea gun1812

detonating ball1814

pea-blower1821

pen-gun1821

pipegun1828

torpedo1831

spring gun1837

putty blower1861

tweaker1862

pluffera1866

bean-shooter1890

putty shooter1896

water pistol1897

stink bomb1915

cap-pistol1920

cap-gun1931

laser gun1961

1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages viii. 127 The child's spiral spring-gun is a familiar illustration of the mode in which this spring can best act.

1905 A. R. Wallace My Life I. 66 Among our favourite playthings were pop-guns and miniature spring-guns and pistols.

2003 M. D. Johnson Successful Small Game Hunting 86/2 One of those rubber-tipped suction-cup darts fired from an 8-year-old's all-plastic spring gun.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	spring gun
释义	spring gunn. Brit. /ˈsprɪŋ ˌɡʌn/, U.S. /ˈsprɪŋ ˌɡən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: spring v.¹, gun n.; spring n.¹, gun n. Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < spring v.¹ + gun n., and partly (in sense 2) < spring n.¹ + gun n. 1. A booby trap consisting of a gun equipped with a triggering device, such as a trip wire, designed to cause it to fire when a person or animal passes through an area or interacts with a particular object, typically used to protect property or land. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > [noun] > type of firearm > spring- or trap-gun watch-gun1769 spring gun1772 trap-gun1964 1772 Craftsman 15 Aug. Tuesday morning a man, attempting to rob Mr. Furney's garden, Christ-church, Surry, was shot by a spring-gun. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1776 II. 27 He should have warned us of our danger..by advertising, ‘Spring-guns and man-traps set here’. 1825 Gentleman's Mag. 95 i. 262 Lord Suffield moved the first reading of the Bill for prohibiting the use of Spring Guns as a means of protection for game. 1865 S. Baring-Gould Bk. Were-wolves xv. 259 It was on the night of the 15th March that the spring-gun shot him. 1961 C. Willock Death in Covert xii. 217 I set the spring-guns, sir... I'm willing to take my medicine for that. 2000 Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) 3 Feb. 2 a/5 While the defendant may have intended to hurt only somebody who is committing a crime, the spring gun doesn't know who is opening the door. 2. A toy gun in which the missile is discharged by the release of a spring. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > toy weapons > [noun] poop1489 pellet1553 trunk1553 elder-gun1600 popgun1649 spitter1688 pluff1695 whistling arrowa1718 pea-shooter1782 pea gun1812 detonating ball1814 pea-blower1821 pen-gun1821 pipegun1828 torpedo1831 spring gun1837 putty blower1861 tweaker1862 pluffera1866 bean-shooter1890 putty shooter1896 water pistol1897 stink bomb1915 cap-pistol1920 cap-gun1931 laser gun1961 1837 W. B. Adams Eng. Pleasure Carriages viii. 127 The child's spiral spring-gun is a familiar illustration of the mode in which this spring can best act. 1905 A. R. Wallace My Life I. 66 Among our favourite playthings were pop-guns and miniature spring-guns and pistols. 2003 M. D. Johnson Successful Small Game Hunting 86/2 One of those rubber-tipped suction-cup darts fired from an 8-year-old's all-plastic spring gun. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1772
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