Gun synonyms
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The definition of a piece is a part of a whole.
Cannon; artillery.
A person or thing that revolves
A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a metal (usually lead) projectile.
A gun, fired from the shoulder, with spiral grooves cut into the inner surface of the barrel
breech-loader
derringer
(Dated, 1800s) a common misspelling of the Deringer pistol.
A tone control system designed to compensate for frequency distortion in audio systems.
A short musket of wide bore and flaring muzzle, formerly used to scatter shot at close range.
air-brush
Alternative spelling of airbrush.
grease-gun
A submachine gun.
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tranquilizer gun
A device suggestive of a gun
artillery (related)
Large cannon like weapons, transportable and usually operated by more than one person.
rocket (related)
The definition of a rocket is a long circular device that is launched into the air.
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A phonograph record for playing at 45 revolutions per minute
gatling-gun
An early kind of machine gun having a cluster of barrels designed to be successively discharged automatically when rotated about an axis
matchlock
A musket with such a gunlock
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A smoothbore shoulder gun used from the late 1500s through the early 1800s.
A revolution, as of the crankshaft of an engine
A thin straight piece or bar of material, such as metal or wood, often having a particular function or use, as:
(Slang) The front passenger seat in a vehicle, next to the driver; so called because the position of the shotgun-armed guard on a horse-drawn stage-coach, wagon train, or gold transport was next to the driver on a forward-mounted bench seat.
The state of being in rapid motion; rapidity:
stanchion gun
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A .38-caliber revolver.
A diminutive of the male given name Thomas.
uzi
A type of compact submachine gun, having a caliber of 9 millimeters.
A city of south-central England southwest of London. The capital of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, it was an important center of learning that attracted many religious scholars.
Also used with down: pick off
To wound or kill with a firearm.
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To fire or let fly (a missile) from a weapon.
help (related)
(Intransitive) To provide assistance.
(Photog.) A chemical that speeds up developing
a pedal that controls the throttle valve
(US, automotive) Accelerator; foot control for fuel flow.
(Slang) A humorous or entertaining event or person.
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large but transportable armament
A man skilled in the use of a gun.
A person hired to kill or defend someone
a professional killer who uses a gun
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(Soccer) goalscorer, someone who scores goals.
(Archaic, military) A naval mine.
A video game in which shooting enemies (targets) is the main objective.
garling
hotchkiss
A patronymic surname.
(Proper, person) Name of a family of Ger. steel & munitions manufacturers in the 19th & 20th cent.
lee-enfield
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lee-metford
An English patronymic surname.
A German semiautomatic pistol used by their troops in both World Wars.
mannlicher
A game fish having a pointed spearlike upper jaw belonging to either of the genera Tetrapturus or Makaira.
martini-henry
A trademark for a repeating rifle or pistol.
minie
mossberg
paixhans
parrott
A surname.
remington
spandau
A city of southwest Massachusetts on the Connecticut River near the Connecticut border. Settled in 1636, it was the site of a national armory (1794–1968) and was an important producer of small arms. The game of basketball originated at a local school (1891).
vickers
vickers-maxim
y-gun
caliver
(Historical) A type of light musket.
chassepot
(Military) A kind of breechloading, centre-fire rifle.
culverin
A large cannon.
escopeta
(Slang) A .44 Magnum handgun
A kind of harquebus
A heavy portable matchlock gun invented during the 1400s.
thirty-thirty
A rifle that fires a .30-caliber cartridge with a 30-grain powder charge.
machine-gun (related)
grenade (related)
machinegun (related)
quick-firing (related)
submachine (related)
6-pounder (related)
sub-machine (related)
handgun (related)
knife (related)
bren (gun) (related)
heavy ordnance
A cannon
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