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SPRING GUN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spring gun mean?
• SPRING GUN (noun)
The noun SPRING GUN has 1 sense:
1. a gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off
Familiarity information: SPRING GUN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
set gun; spring gun
Hypernyms ("spring gun" is a kind of...):
gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))
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