vuurwapen

Definitions of vuurwapen
  1. noun
    a portable gun
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    blaffer, handvuurwapen, pistool, revolver
    a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
    geweer, proppenschieter, proppeschieter, schietgeweer, schietijzer, spuit
    a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
    haakbus
    an obsolete firearm with a long barrel
    automaat
    a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
    karabijn, musketon
    light automatic rifle
    blaffer, pistool
    a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel
    musket
    a muzzle-loading shoulder gun with a long barrel; formerly used by infantrymen
    revolver
    a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
  2. noun
    a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
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    pompon
    artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes
    blaffer, handvuurwapen, pistool, revolver
    a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
    geweer, proppenschieter, proppeschieter, schietgeweer, schietijzer, spuit
    a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
    type of:
    machtsmiddel, strijdmiddel, wapen, wapensysteem
    any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting
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