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Synonyms of gun
(Entry 1 of 2)
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a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder
- while her father preferred hunting with a crossbow, she preferred a gun
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- derringer,
- forty-five
- (or .45),
- gat
- [slang],
- handgun,
- pistol,
- revolver,
- rod
- [slang],
- roscoe
- [slang],
- sidearm,
- six-gun,
- six-shooter,
- zip gun
- blunderbuss,
- breechloader,
- culverin,
- fieldpiece,
- firelock,
- flintlock,
- harquebus
- (or arquebus),
- matchlock,
- musket,
- rifle,
- shotgun,
- smoothbore,
- twenty-two
- (or .22)
gun
verbSynonyms of gun (Entry 2 of 2)
to strike with a missile from a gun
- traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood
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The first known use of gun was in the 14th century
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