radar gun

noun

: a handheld device that uses radar to measure the speed of a moving object

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Striker Pence, a sophomore pitcher at Corona Santiago with a 100-mph fastball, will receive an endorsement deal from a radar gun company. Senior Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2026 Early Monday, our final blustery cold front of the year swept across Texas, with Austin temperatures frantically dropping from 85 to the low 40s like a driver who just saw a cop on in a school zone with a radar gun. Newsroom Meteorologist, Austin American Statesman, 30 Dec. 2025 But the left-hander with a looping curveball and a fastball that, at least according to the radar gun at Oracle Park, sat in the high-80s would have modeled his approach after the game’s biggest star. Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2025 Even at age 37 Chapman remained among the hardest throwers in baseball, hitting 103 mph on the radar gun while routinely overpowering opposing hitters. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for radar gun

Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of radar gun was in 1977

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“Radar gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radar%20gun. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.

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radar gun

noun
: a handheld device that uses radar to measure the speed of a moving object
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