MINUTE GUN

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does minute gun mean? 

• MINUTE GUN (noun)
  The noun MINUTE GUN has 1 sense:

1. (military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)

  Familiarity information: MINUTE GUN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MINUTE GUN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("minute gun" is a kind of...):

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)