Examples of popgun in a Sentence
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Too much popgun and too little pop.
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BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2021
But history will recall that the flight occurred more than 60 years after Alan Shepard flew the same popgun trajectory aboard his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, becoming the first American in space.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 July 2021
Compared to California, Florida’s economy is a popgun.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
Its popgun cartridge was not much more than a pistol round.
—David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 22 Jan. 2019
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BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2021
But history will recall that the flight occurred more than 60 years after Alan Shepard flew the same popgun trajectory aboard his Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, becoming the first American in space.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 11 July 2021
Compared to California, Florida’s economy is a popgun.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2021
Its popgun cartridge was not much more than a pistol round.
—David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 22 Jan. 2019
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“Popgun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/popgun. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.
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popgun
noun
pop·gun
ˈpäp-ˌgən 
: a toy gun that usually shoots corks and makes a popping sound
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