Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speargun

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables: spear-gun
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tube-shaped gun that fires a barbed spear, almost always for underwater use.

Example Sentences

"The five Euro Series spearguns, whose stocks range in length from 102 to 145 centimeters (about 40 to 57 inches), went on sale in January 2006, priced from $380 to $474."

Etymology

From spear + gun.

Inflected Forms

spearguns (plural)

Questions

What does speargun mean?: A tube-shaped gun that fires a barbed spear, almost always for underwater use.
Where does speargun come from?: From spear + gun.

How to pronounce speargun

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