revolver

Definitions of revolver
  1. noun
    a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
    synonyms: pistolet
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    carabine à air comprimé
    a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air
    artillerie, canon
    heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane
    arme à feu, pistolet
    a portable gun
    pistolet
    a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
    fusil
    a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
    fusil de chasse
    firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
    type of:
    arme
    any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
  2. noun
    a gangster's pistol
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    pistolet
    a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
  3. noun
    a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
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    type of:
    pistolet
    a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
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