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water pistol

a toy pistol that squirts a stream of water or other liquid
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Empty kiddie water guns in tow, we joined the single file that led to the entrance, realizing with every step we took how unprepared we were.
We were sprayed with water from high-pressure hoses held by enthusiastic expats from hostel balconies, and we fought back till our water guns were empty.
From the water gun antics and Louis trying to date mums in the front row, there's a lot more than just "He's behind you"exchanges with the crowd.
TO water hanging baskets quickly, use a child's water gun. Aim and fire just above the basket so the water falls just like rain.
Using a miniature water gun and a powerful laser, researchers have probed tiny water droplets at -46[degrees]Celsius, the lowest temperature at which ordinary water has ever been detected in the liquid phase.
Activities range from how to short-sheet a bed or shoot and edit a stop-action movie, to how to make a remote-controlled water gun or learn to geocache.
Police subdued Lin Jianxin, 37, with a water gun when he threatened to set ablaze gasoline after his disabled vehicle halted in the village of Zhuangtou in the southeastern province of Fujian, the government-controlled Southeast Express said.
The children also conducted a radio check at Post One, in which they practiced radio jargon, and underwent marksmanship training using "super soaker"-type water guns. Each child received a personalized visitor badge, marksmanship certificate and water gun.
Twenty-six-year-old Rudolph Gary is accused of fatally shooting Howard Williams, 23, in the chest after Williams' super-soaker water gun sprayed Gary's girlfriend's cellphone.
Give the 10-clean empty first person in each line a vegetable cans water gun and see who can shoot 5 cans down the quickest.
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