Usually means: Toy gun using percussion caps.
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  1. cap gun: Merriam-Webster
  2. cap gun: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. cap-gun, cap gun: Wiktionary
  4. cap gun: Dictionary.com
  5. Cap gun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. cap gun: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Cap Gun: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cap gun)

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

Similar:
cap-gun, cap pistol, cap-pistol, pen gun, zipgun, popgun, pop gun, zip gun, flag gun, spring gun, more...

Opposite:
real gun, firearm, pistol, rifle

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Similar:
cap-gun, cap pistol, cap-pistol, pen gun, zipgun, popgun, pop gun, zip gun, flag gun, spring gun, more...

Opposite:
real gun, firearm, pistol, rifle



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