firearm

3 definitions found

firearm - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

firearm - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  firearm
      n 1: a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster"
           [syn: firearm, piece, small-arm]

firearm - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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