six-gun

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Recent Examples of six-gun There were four Elvises—two in fading black and white, two in lurid colour—all aiming a six-gun straight at her. Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for six-gun
Noun
  • Its big selling feature is a revolver-like cylinder that spins and snicks along on precision bearings, just like the cylinder of a six-shooter.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 June 2025
  • Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.
    Chris Klimek, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In the car, officers found a safe, all of the children's passports as well as Jenny Boelter's, about $10,000 in cash, a revolver pistol in the glove box and another semi-automatic pistol in a cooler, the FBI said in the complaint.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 27 June 2025
  • He was then stopped again by police in his hometown of Murfreesboro, where police took another pistol off him.
    Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 June 2025
Noun
  • The lawsuit stems from an incident on Oct. 21, 2021, when an old-fashioned revolver Alec Baldwin was handling went off.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 30 June 2025
  • Police said that officers on the scene recovered a revolver from under Steven's body.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 16 June 2025
Noun
  • One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.
    Brian Matthew Jordan, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
  • 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
Noun
  • After he was shot, deputies found a Beretta PX4 Storm semi-automatic pellet gun, which is a replica of a .40 caliber handgun, near his body, according to authorities.
    Nathan Solis Follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
  • Caruthers tried to intervene when the suspect pulled out a handgun and shot him, police said.
    Kirsten Fiscus, The Tennessean, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • So Lee would log on YouTube and search for sidearm pitchers.
    Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Either him or the sidearm guy from Alabama, Carson Ozmer.
    Mitch Light, New York Times, 15 June 2025
Noun
  • And second, those engaging in gun violence do so after curfew, hence the need for curfews and stronger police presence at night.
    Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 8 July 2025
  • Asked if that was ever necessary on the 7th Heaven set, Diamond recalled an uncomfortable interaction with a producer over the presence of a gun in one of the episodes.
    Angela Andaloro, People.com, 7 July 2025
Noun
  • Growing up around firearms The source familiar with the investigation, however, said that authorities learned Roley grew up with a family that had firearms and felt comfortable handling them.
    Mike Levine, ABC News, 1 July 2025
  • There are concerns that the video may have flouted a number of laws, including the use of imitation firearms and exposing minors to harmful content.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 30 June 2025

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“Six-gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/six-gun. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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