There are various terminology used when talking about Super Soakers (tm), some of which are not as well known or understood. This glossary has been posted to try and help standardize water weaponry terminology use.

• Air-Shot: The action of pumping up a Super Soaker(tm) when its reservoir is empty and firing out the compressed air.
• Aperture: The opening where water is fired from the water blaster.
• Blaster: Short-form of the term: water blaster.
• Camouflage: Term describing colours/materials used to make one and one's SuperSoaker(tm) match the terrain to minimize the chance of being detected.
• Compression Chamber: The part of the water blaster which is pressurized to allow the weapon to fire. Some water weapons have separate compression chambers while others use the reservoir as the compression chamber.
• CPS (tm): Acronym for the Constant Pressure System(tm) developed by Larami Ltd. Based on a compression chamber which uses an elastic compartment to yield the power when filled with water.
• CS(tm): Acronym for the Classic Series(tm) developed by Larami Ltd. All CS-class weaponry are based on the original Super Soakers(tm) line.
• Dry-Shot: See Air-Shot.
• Firing Angle: Angle difference from horizontal at which a Super Soaker(tm) will fire correctly (i.e. without sputtering)
• Firing Chamber: See Compression Chamber.
• Grip: The part of the water weapon held onto by one's hands. On most Super Soakers(tm), there are two grips: one where the trigger is and one for the pump.
• Handle: See Grip.Some of the newer Super Soakers(tm) have an additional handle on their top for carrying purposes.
• Mist-Shot: What happens when more air than water is fired from a pressurized firing chamber.
• Monster: A Super Soaker(tm) weapon series released in the year 2000.
• Nozzle: The part of the water weapon which has the aperture. Some Super Soakers(tm) have changeable nozzles.
• Output: The rate of water delivered by a blaster per unit time. Output is typically reported as mL/sec or oz./sec.
• Pump: The part of the water blaster which, with a little bit of arm motion, pressurizes the compression chamber of the water blaster.
• Pump Volume: The total amount of water moved from the reservoir to the compression chamber with one full pump. (Note: Not all Super Soakers(tm) pump water thus preventing their pump volumes from being measured accurately)
• Power Soaker(tm): The general term used for the pump-action based water blasters Larami Ltd. makes.
• Pressure Chamber: See Compression Chamber
• QFD: Acronym for the Quick-Fill Device(tm). This device attaches to a standard garden hose allowing all Super Chargers(tm) Super Soakers(tm) to be refilled quickly.
• Reservoir: The part of the water blaster which holds the bulk of the water/ammunition.
• Riot Blast: Term associated with some Super Soaker(tm) nozzles which can be removed or modified such that the water blaster fires a burst of water instead of a stream. Less distance but greater area covered.
• SC: Acronym for Super Chargers series developed by Larami Ltd. and released in 1999.
• Shielding: Any portable piece of equipment which can be used to deflect blasts of water coming in one's direction.
• Storm Gun: Non-SuperSoaker water blasters manufactured by Trendmasters Inc.
• Strap: Part of some SuperSoakers(tm) which allows them to be carried without needing to use one's hands. Straps can also be added to virtually any Super Soaker with a little tweaking.
• Super Soaker(tm): The general term used for most of the water blasters Larami Ltd. makes.
• SW: Acronym for Star Wars(tm) series developed by Larami Ltd. and released in 1999.
• Target: The object one wishes to unleash a volley of water at. Could be inanimate or human.
• Trigger: The part of the water blaster which, when pressed/pulled, unleashes the pressurized water from the aperture.
• Water Balloon: The waterfight equivalent of a hand-grenade.
• Water Blaster: The proper term for referring to a Super Soaker(tm) or other potent water weapon.
  
• Water Grenade: See Water Balloon
• Water Gun: Older term denoting hand-carried water dispensing devices.
• WWF Super Soaker: Acronym for the World Wrestling Fedaration series of Super Soaker developed by Larami Ltd. and released in 2000.
• XP (tm): Acronym for the Xtra Power(tm) series developed by Larami Ltd. All XP-class weaponry have larger apertures than the original Super Soakers(tm).
• XXP (tm): Acronym for the Xtra Xtra Power(tm) series developed by Larami Ltd. All XXP-class weaponry have larger apertures than the original Super Soakers(tm) as well as two nozzles.

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