English > handgun: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | A firearm that is held and fired with one hand. |
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| Synonyms | pistol, side arm, shooting iron |
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| Parts | stock, gunstock | 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 |
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| Narrower | Saturday night special | A cheap handgun that is easily obtained |
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| Very pistol, Verey pistol | A pistol for firing Very-light flares |
| automatic 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 |
| gat, rod | A gangster's 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) |
| semiautomatic pistol, semiautomatic | A pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously |
| zip gun | A crude homemade pistol |
| Broader | firearm, piece, small-arm | A portable gun |
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| Spanish | arma de mano, pistola, revólver |
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| Catalan | arma de mà, pistola, revòlver |
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