SIX-SHOOTER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does six-shooter mean? 

• SIX-SHOOTER (noun)
  The noun SIX-SHOOTER has 1 sense:

1. a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)

  Familiarity information: SIX-SHOOTER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIX-SHOOTER (noun)

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-shooter" 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-shooter"):

Colt (a kind of revolver)