forty-five

noun

variants or .45
Definition of forty-fivenext
as in revolver

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Recent Examples of forty-five Iris sold after forty-five minutes of bidding on the phones among six prospective buyers. — News Desk, Artforum, 23 Oct. 2026 The drive ordinarily takes about forty-five minutes, but Deniz always pushed his old yellow Mercedes to do it in thirty. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Marcia, who some had predicted at the beginning of the 1960s would be the voice of the decade, author of two nonfiction books, Slummings and A Night at the Opera, dead at forty-five. — Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for forty-five
Recent Examples of Synonyms for forty-five
  1. revolver
  2. pistol
  3. handgun
  4. derringer
  5. zip gun
  6. sidearm
  7. six-shooter
  8. six-gun
Noun
  • How did a live round get into the revolver and who brought the lethal ammunition to the set?
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2026
  • On June 29, a New Haven Superior Court jury found Stokes guilty of murder, criminal attempt to commit improper sale of a firearm, conspiracy to commit improper sale of a firearm and carrying a pistol or revolver without a permit.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of revolver
Noun
  • Officers found camouflage clothing, a pistol and a radio elsewhere in the room.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Utah lawmakers chose the Browning M1911 pistol, which was designed by a Utah native.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of pistol
Noun
  • That’s roughly comparable to the muzzle energy of some powerful handgun rounds, although the physics of a hypervelocity impact are very different.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Investigators said a gunman in a gold or brown pickup truck pulled alongside 65-year-old Singh and his friend, 78-year-old Atwal, on East Stockton Boulevard near Geneva Point Drive and opened fire with a semiautomatic handgun.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of handgun
Noun
  • This mysterious derringer pistol has sparked more intrigue than any of his other dangerous finds because people want to know the back story.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.
    — Armond White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2023
Definition of derringer
Noun
  • The search turned up additional drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a zip gun.
    — cleveland, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
Definition of zip gun
Noun
  • The need for any person to openly brandish a sidearm or a person to carry an assault rifle on his shoulder is absolute insanity.
    — Dan Sweeney, Sun Sentinel, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The agent was able to reach his sidearm and shot the man, Peguero Rivera said.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of sidearm
Noun
  • As Rosalind disguised as a boy, Adele wore a bolo tie and a low-slung gun belt with a six-shooter.
    — Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The handgun, which was introduced in 1935 after Prohibition, is a six-shooter revolver that fires rounds at a high velocity.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 28 Nov. 2025
Definition of six-shooter
Noun
  • There were four Elvises—two in fading black and white, two in lurid colour—all aiming a six-gun straight at her.
    — Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
Definition of six-gun

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