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English
Noun
Sense: personal weapon using explosive powder to propel a projectile
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- Handguns or shot guns:
- Long guns:
- Automatic guns:
- Other:
Opaque slang terms
- Unclear whether these a exact synonyms or refer to shorter firearms/handguns.
- artillery (British, Irish)
- bit [⇒ thesaurus] (MLE)
- blammer (AAVE)
- blix (AAVE)
- blicky (New York, Maryland, MLE)
- broomstick (rare)
- bucky (British)
- burner
- fire (AAVE)
- hardware [⇒ thesaurus]
- heater (dated)
- jammy
- knocker (AAVE)
- mash (MLE)
- Russian (MLE)
- scram (MLE)
- shooter
- skeng (Jamaica, MLE)
- strally
- strap
- smoke pole
- swammy (New York City, MLE)
- tool [⇒ thesaurus] (Canada, US, MTE, MLE)
- toolie (US, MTE, MLE)
- tone (AAVE)
- toy [⇒ thesaurus] (MLE)
- wap (MLE)
- whoosh (MLE)
- yogger (Romani)
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