[Vocabulary] webshooter / help!

[smartie_Warsaw]

Hi,

I'm trying to understand what "webshooter" is, but I can't find it it any dictionary :-( Could you please explain it or give a definition of this word?
It was used in "Total English" Students' Book (Advanced), Unit 4.

Thanx

 

[José Manuel Rosón Bravo]

Hi smartie Warsaw,

That wrist gadget to shoot webs used by Spiderman?

Might you write the sentence in “Total English" Students' Book”?

Thanks.

José Manuel Rosón Bravo

 

[Susan612]

Hi,

I'm trying to understand what "webshooter" is, but I can't find it it any dictionary :-( Could you please explain it or give a definition of this word?
It was used in "Total English" Students' Book (Advanced), Unit 4.

Thanx

I don't have the textbook, so could you provide a little more context? Just guessing, it sounds as if it might have something to do with spiders or maybe Spider-Man, who shoots webs from his wrists.

 

[smartie_Warsaw]

I don't have the textbook, so could you provide a little more context? Just guessing, it sounds as if it might have something to do with spiders or maybe Spider-Man, who shoots webs from his wrists.

Yes, you're right! it's got to do with Spider-Man. It's from the text "How to Be a Superhero:

"The US Army has developed a device for the New York police, which acts like Spider-Man's webshooter.The victim caught in the net stands no chance of escape as the nets come in three varieties:..... These crime-stopping devices are bound to cause some sticky problems for New York ciriminals!"