Revolver

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A pistol having a revolving cylinder with several cartridge chambers that may be fired in succession.
  • n. One that revolves, as a part of a mechanism.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
  • n. Agent noun of revolve; something that revolves.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who or that which revolves.
  • n. Specifically— A revolving firearm, especially a pistol, having a revolving barrel provided with a number of bores (as in earlier styles of the weapon), or (as in modern forms) a single barrel with a revolving cylinder at its base, provided with a number of chambers.
  • n. A revolving cannon.
  • n. A revolving horse-rake.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
  • n. a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    door   
    Hyponym
    six-shooter    six-gun   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    repeater    wheelgun   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    dissolver    solver   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    pistol    blaster    shotgun    musket    handgun   
     
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