FIRING MECHANISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does firing mechanism mean? 

• FIRING MECHANISM (noun)
  The noun FIRING MECHANISM has 1 sense:

1. the action that ignites the charge in a firearm

  Familiarity information: FIRING MECHANISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIRING MECHANISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The action that ignites the charge in a firearm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

firing mechanism; gunlock

Hypernyms ("firing mechanism" is a kind of...):

action; action mechanism (the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism)

Meronyms (parts of "firing mechanism"):

cock; hammer (the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled)

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

flintlock (an obsolete gunlock that has flint embedded in the hammer; the flint makes a spark that ignites the charge)

wheel lock (an obsolete gunlock using flint and a revolving wheel)

Holonyms ("firing mechanism" is a part of...):

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