Words or expressions that have the same or nearly the same meaning
48 common firearms synonyms
- arm
- banana clip
- bazooka
- blaster
- blunderbuss
- cannon
- Chopper
- derringer
- devils paint brush
- equalizer
- flintlock
- firecracker
- forty-five
- gat
- Glock Forty
- handgun
- Hand cannon
- hardware
- heat
- hog leg
- hot lead
- howitzer
- Lead Dispenser
- lead farmer
- lead sprayer
- Lever gun
- magnum
- musket
- ordnance
- Peace maker
- peashooter
- persuader
- piece
- pistol
- Pistolero
- protection
- revolver
- rifle
- rod
- Saturday-night special
- security
- shotgun
- shooter
- six gun
- small arm
- smoke wagon
- thirty-eight
- weapon
gun
noun,
a machine incorporating a tube from which projectiles are propelled by force
1. verb, slang (of a vehicle)
To accelerate or increase speed suddenly or rapidly. rev up an engine.
2. noun, slang
One who has been hired to kill someone.
3. noun, slang A particularly muscular arm; an arm’s large bicep. Usually used in the plural
4. noun, slang
An important, successful, or influential person