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handgun

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a handgun with magazine and ammunition

Etymology

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Fromhand +‎gun.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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handgun (pluralhandguns)

  1. A smallgun with a relatively shortbarrel, designed to be held and operated with a single hand.
    Synonym:pistol(broadly synonymous)
    Hypernyms:firearm <gun <ranged weapon <weapon
    Hyponyms:pistol(precisely hyponymous),semiauto,revolver,wheelgun,derringer
    Coordinate terms:rifle,long gun;air gun;see alsoThesaurus:firearm
    • 2009 January 13, M. R. Kropko, “Video-game addiction rejected as defence”, inToronto Star[1]:
      Petric used his father's key to open a lockbox and remove a 9mmhandgun and the game.
    • 2013, Tom Diaz,The Last Gun: How Changes in the Gun Industry are Killing Americans and what it Will Take to Stop it, page166:
      A related design and marketing innovation has been the sale to civilians of “vest busters,”handguns specifically designed to penetrate body armor.

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Translations

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small, hand-held gunsee alsopistol

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