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SIX-GUN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does six-gun mean?
• SIX-GUN (noun)
The noun SIX-GUN has 1 sense:
1. a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
Familiarity information: SIX-GUN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
revolver; six-gun; six-shooter
Hypernyms ("six-gun" is a kind of...):
handgun; pistol; shooting iron; side arm (a firearm that is held and fired with one hand)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "six-gun"):
Colt (a kind of revolver)
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