Firearm

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Firearm \Fire"arm`\ (f[imac]r"[aum]rm`), n.
     A gun, pistol, or any weapon from which a shot is discharged
     by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  firearm
       n : a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
           [syn: {piece}, {small-arm}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "firearm":
     automatic, blowgun, blowpipe, flamethrower, gat, gun, handgun,
     heater, musket, peashooter, piece, pistol, repeater, revolver,
     rifle, rod, sawed-off shotgun, shooting iron, shotgun, six-gun,
     six-shooter