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hand·gun
(hănd′gŭn′)n.
A firearm that can be used with one hand.
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handgun
(ˈhændˌɡʌn)n
(Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a firearm that can be held, carried, and fired with one hand, such as a pistol
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hand•gun
(ˈhændˌgʌn)n.
any firearm that can be held and fired with one hand; a revolver or a pistol.
[1400–50]
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| Noun | 1. |  handgun - a firearm that is held and fired with one handautomatic pistol, automatic - a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released derringer - a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel forty-five - a .45-caliber pistol horse pistol, horse-pistol - a large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by horsemen peacekeeper - the pistol of a law officer in the old West revolver, six-gun, six-shooter - a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets) Saturday night special - a cheap handgun that is easily obtained semiautomatic, semiautomatic pistol - a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously gunstock, stock - the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun; "the rifle had been fitted with a special stock" Verey pistol, Very pistol - a pistol for firing Very-light flares zip gun - a crude homemade pistol |
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handgun
noun pistol, automatic, revolver, shooter (informal), piece (U.S. slang), rod (U.S. slang), derringer A man armed with a small grey handgun escaped with a sum of money.
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
handgun
hand gun [ˈhændgʌn] n → arme f de poinghand-held handheld [ˌhændˈhɛld] [ˈhændhɛld] n (= computer) → ordinateur m de poche
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handgun
n pistolaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.