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    HANDGUN

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A firearm that is held and fired with one handplay

    Synonyms:

    handgun; pistol; shooting iron; side arm

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting man-made objects

    Hypernyms ("handgun" is a kind of...):

    firearm; piece; small-arm (a portable gun)

    Meronyms (parts of "handgun"):

    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)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "handgun"):

    automatic; automatic pistol (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))

    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)

    Verey pistol; Very pistol (a pistol for firing Very-light flares)

    zip gun (a crude homemade pistol)

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