Thesaurus results for SHOTGUNS

shotguns 1 of 2

noun

plural of shotgun

as in muskets

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shotguns

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verb

present tense third-person singular of shotgun

as in pistols

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Noun

These soldiers formed ranks—in numbers not at all near four thousand—and with bulletless muskets levelled began to march up a service road through the park’s lawns and picnic tables.

— Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
There were about sixty of them aboard the Cuyahoga Packet, and they were armed with swords and muskets.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of muskets

Noun

Klęczar said the attacker’s father legally owned more than 10 guns and that the attacker also owned firearms.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Nov. 2026
Chrinos was charged with carrying a rifle outside a home or business, three counts of unlawful transportation of a firearm, three counts of unregistered firearms and three counts of unregistered ammunition, DHS said.

— Kyla Guilfoil, NBC news, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of firearms

Noun

That’s a far cry from Iowa and New Hampshire—the traditional starting pistols in the presidential race, where less than 10% were voters of color, per exit polls.

— Philip Elliott, Time, 4 Nov. 2026
Footage shown on Jordanian state television showed two gunmen armed with what appeared to be pistols approaching the church and opening fire, The Associated Press reported.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of pistols

Noun

Rahaf swings her prosthetics to the song, and at one point, wraps her small arms around Accurso’s neck — following the song’s instructions and pretending to be asleep.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
Those roads and trails are often where vehicles become vulnerable to artillery, drones, mines, and small arms fire.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of small arms

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