riot gun

noun
a gun, especially a shotgun with a short barrel, for quelling riots rather than inflicting serious injury.

Origin:
1925–30

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riot gun

noun
a firearm designed to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death 
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Riot gun is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
Example sentences
He got up and kicked it again and again until another soldier nudged him aside and blasted the lock with a riot gun.
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