popgun
Example Sentences
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They wanted to be a bazooka, but so far they're positively popgun.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
“My advice to them would be: Avoid the popgun effect of a subpoena that can’t be enforced,” Mr. Brand said.
From New York Times ● Apr. 5, 2023
And it’s finished off with a “BNAG” flag stuck, popgun style, into its barrel.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2017
The Chiefs, who had won 17 of their last 19 regular-season games, were done in by a popgun offense that has repeatedly fizzled in the red zone.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2016
He moved a little restlessly and said, ‘Colonel Nesbit... remember. And he told me, “Go buy a popgun, boy.”
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
