| air gun |
a gun that is operated by compressed air and usu. fires small pellets. [2 definitions] |
| BB gun |
an air gun that shoots BB shot. |
| Bren gun |
a .303 caliber gas-operated submachine gun used by the British army in World War II. |
| burp gun |
see "machine pistol." |
| electron gun |
the electron-emitting cathode in a cathode ray tube together with the electromagnetic apparatus that collects and focuses the electron stream. |
| field gun |
a mounted mobile cannon. |
| Gatling gun |
an early machine gun with a revolving cluster of barrels, each of which was automatically loaded and fired when the cluster was rotated. |
| gun control |
the practice or policy of enacting and enforcing laws that impose stricter regulations on the sale, possession, and use of guns. |
| gun room |
a room for storing or displaying guns. |
| gun-shy |
easily frightened by the sound of gunfire, as a dog. [2 definitions] |
| jump the gun |
to start some action too soon; act prematurely. |
| machine gun |
an automatic gun that fires bullets one right after the other as long as its trigger is pressed. |
| machine-gun |
to shoot at, wound, or kill with a machine gun. |
| riot gun |
a small firearm, esp. a repeating shotgun with a short barrel, used to disperse or halt a crowd rather than to injure or kill. |
| smoking gun |
something that serves as indisputable evidence, esp. of a crime. |
| squirt gun |
a water pistol. |
| staple gun |
a tool that shoots a staple into something hard like a wall or wood. |
| stun gun |
a portable, battery-operated instrument that gives a strong electrical shock when it is pressed into contact with someone, used esp. by law officers or in self-defense. |
| submachine gun |
a lightweight short-barreled automatic or semiautomatic gun, using pistol ammunition, that is fired from the shoulder or hip. |
| Thompson submachine gun |
a portable .45-caliber submachine gun; tommy gun. |