Phrase guide

water cannon

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A device that shoots a large amount of water at high pressure through a hose-like tube.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a hose (carried on a truck) that fires water under high pressure to disperse crowds (especially crowds of rioters)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: watercannon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hose, hosepipe

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: waterkanon — device shooting water
  • Arabic: مِدْفَع مَاء (midfaʕ māʔ) — device shooting water
  • Armenian: ջրցան (ǰrcʻan) — device shooting water
  • Armenian: ջրցան մեքենա (ǰrcʻan mekʻena) — device shooting water
  • Azerbaijani: su şırnağı — device shooting water
  • Belarusian: вадамёт (vadamjót) — device shooting water
  • Belarusian: брандспо́йт (brandspójt) — device shooting water
  • Bulgarian: во́дно оръ́дие (vódno orǎ́die) — device shooting water
  • Chinese Mandarin: 水炮 (shuǐpào) — device shooting water
  • Czech: vodní dělo — device shooting water
  • Danish: vandkanon — device shooting water
  • Dutch: waterwerper — device shooting water
  • Dutch: waterkanon — device shooting water
  • Dutch: brandspuit — device shooting water
  • Estonian: veekahur — device shooting water
  • Finnish: vesitykki — device shooting water
  • French: canon à eau — device shooting water
  • Georgian: წყლის ჭავლი (c̣q̇lis č̣avli) — device shooting water
  • Georgian: ბრანდსპოიტი (brandsṗoiṭi) — device shooting water
  • German: Wasserwerfer — device shooting water
  • German: WaWe — device shooting water
  • German: Strahlrohr — device shooting water
  • German: Wasserkanone — device shooting water
  • German: Wasserspritze — device shooting water
  • Hebrew: מכת״ז — device shooting water
  • Italian: cannone ad acqua — device shooting water
  • Japanese: 放水砲 (hōsuihō) — device shooting water
  • Japanese: 放水銃 (hōsuijū) — device shooting water
  • Japanese: 水大砲 (mizutaihō) — device shooting water
  • Kazakh: суатқыш (suatqyş) — device shooting water
  • Korean: 물대포 (muldaepo) — device shooting water
  • Kyrgyz: суу аткыч (suu atkıc) — device shooting water
  • Lithuanian: vandens patranka — device shooting water
  • Malayalam: ജലപീരങ്കി (jalapīraṅki) — device shooting water
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vannkanon — device shooting water
  • Persian: ماشین آبپاش (mâšin-e âb-pâš) — device shooting water
  • Polish: armatka wodna — device shooting water
  • Portuguese: canhão d'água — device shooting water
  • Portuguese: canhão de água — device shooting water
  • Russian: водомёт (vodomjót) — device shooting water
  • Russian: водяна́я пу́шка (vodjanája púška) — device shooting water
  • Russian: брандспо́йт (brandspójt) — device shooting water
  • Slovak: vodné delo — device shooting water
  • Spanish: cañón de agua — device shooting water
  • Swedish: vattenkanon — device shooting water
  • Tajik: тупи об (tup-i ob) — device shooting water
  • Turkish: su topu — device shooting water
  • Ukrainian: водоме́т (vodomét) — device shooting water
  • Ukrainian: брандспо́йт (brandspójt) — device shooting water
  • Uzbek: suv toʻpi — device shooting water
  • Uzbek: brandspoyt — device shooting water