Converse of object

• use: The seldom used water pistols being an effective methods of crowd control.

• have: On the first night, in Bristol, we had water pistols instead of food on our rider.

• shoot: Trying to introduce new approaches in the beleaguered education system is about as effective as shooting a water pistol up the Niagara Falls.

Adjective modifier

• good: A few repeated squirts of water from a good water pistol in the face puts off most dogs.

• super-powerful: The Nerf is a super-powerful water pistol that doubles up as a dart gun.

• small: Eg we could provide small water pistols, or balls of paper labeled ' grenade ' .