Thesaurus results for SIX-SHOOTER

six-shooter

noun

Definition of six-shooter

as in pistol

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Recent Examples of six-shooter 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 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, 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 See All Example Sentences for six-shooter

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Noun

The victim said the assailant then struck his companion in the forehead with the pistol, stole his wallet and ran.

— Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
Passengers in the vehicle said that McConnell had acquired a Glock pistol before leaving the party, Russell wrote.

— Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of pistol

Noun

Authorities concluded that Haught had died accidentally while playing Russian roulette with a revolver, but that finding was later questioned.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
According to an arrest affidavit filed in the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, during the argument, Zion Mitchell, 21, a National Guard member from Georgia, drew his service revolver and pointed it at another soldier.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of revolver

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

An officer, whose name the police department did not release, fired his handgun upon King, who was taken to a hospital.

— Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026
Under the federal law, people must be 21 to purchase a handgun from a licensed federal firearms dealer, though 18- to 20-year-olds can buy handguns from private sellers.

— Alanna Durkin Richer, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of handgun

Noun

Suicide remains the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and CDC data released this year show firearm suicides actually climbed to their highest level on record in 2025, topping 28,000.

— Courtney Marx, Sun Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026
But after his son Eugene Horsch, 44, was arrested in June on charges involving unlawful firearms and forgery, police made a series of unsettling discoveries at the family home on Chew Avenue in Philly's Olney neighborhood.

— Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of firearm

Noun

The agent was able to reach his sidearm and shot the man, Peguero Rivera said.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Video released by Twin Falls police on Friday shows McClain in a white T-shirt vaulting over the counter once the shooting began, drawing his sidearm and returning fire.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 11 Aug. 2026

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