six-gun
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7.2
- noun
- /sɪks ɡʌn/
- US
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revólver
- Each one imagined himself as her rescuer, a modern-day knight-errant, dispatching villains with a six-gun instead of a sword.
- six-gun on his hip
- guy with six guns
They're running with him and he's drawing the six gun out and capping off shots.
- They're running with him and he's drawing the six gun out and capping off shots.
Examples
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The six-gun slips from her fingers.
Fiction book (1993) -
Can you hand me that six-gun there, Bob?
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You handle a six-gun pretty good.
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You got to admit, my men have kept their six-guns cased.
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An authentic cowboy outfit, complete with six-guns.
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He's like a gunfighter with his six-gun.
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It's a six-gun.
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Cole goes for his gun, and in a blur they've both drawn and stand facing each other with cocked six-guns.
Fiction book (2001) -
"His cowboy shirt had six-guns embroidered across the yoke, smoke curling from their barrels, the fabric cut so full that it was hard to tell just how big he was.
Fiction book (1995) -
In the old Western movie, the hero always drew his six-gun in a quick showdown.
Synonyms
71
3.6
A small gun with a cylinder that holds several bullets so you can fire many times without reloading
7
6.1
A small gun with a round part that holds six bullets
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Six-gun comes from the simple parts six and gun and named a gun with 'six' spaces for bullets. It became the common name for the revolver cowboys carried, so today a six-gun means a revolver.