roscoe

noun

Definition of roscoenext
slang
as in revolver

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roscoe
  1. revolver
  2. pistol
  3. derringer
  4. handgun
  5. gun
  6. zip gun
  7. gat
  8. six-shooter
Noun
  • Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever handed his revolver to airport police upon arrival.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s revolver was already stored at the seat of government, the Palazzo Chigi, along with other state gifts.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Definition of revolver
Noun
  • But Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever, upon return from this week’s NATO summit in Turkey, discovered a pistol and live ammunition in his possession, courtesy of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
    — Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 9 July 2026
  • Johnson was arrested by members of the Hartford Police Department on April 21 on charges of murder, conspiracy to commit murder, carrying a pistol without a permit and first-degree reckless endangerment.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2026
Definition of pistol
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
  • Memphis police say National Guard troops fired their weapons in the early morning hours Sunday, killing a man who was armed with a handgun.
    — Joel Rose, NPR, 5 July 2026
  • The lawsuit also challenges California’s decades-old handgun roster, which requires new handgun models to pass certain safety tests before they can be approved for retail sale.
    — Gavin J. Quinton, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2026
Definition of handgun
Noun
  • Wilmington police say officers were monitoring a crowd when Skinner emerged from a house and pointed a gun at the group.
    — CBS News Philadelphia Staff, CBS News, 14 July 2026
  • To the right, there’s a guy with a beatific smile who seems to be enjoying more than the snake, an enormous gun propped vertically between his legs.
    — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Definition of gun
Noun
  • The search turned up additional drugs, drug paraphernalia, and a zip gun.
    — cleveland, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2022
Definition of zip gun
Noun
  • Also, demons—more specifically, the gat-wearing, hanbok-donning jeoseung saja, a kind of grim reaper tasked with guiding the dead to the afterlife in Korean mythology.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Don’t bring your lawyer, bring your gat or bring your clique, man.
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of gat
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
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“Roscoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roscoe. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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