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hotgun

hotgun noun: a device for directing hot air.

Noun

hotgun (plural hotguns)

  1. A device for directing hot air.
    • Compounds were detected by spraying with methanol:sulfuricacid (1:1) and then by heating with a hotgun.1999, Afgan Farooq, J.R. Hanson, “Oxidation of two pregnane steroids catalyzed by the fungus Cephalosporium aphidicola”, in Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, volume 63, number 10
    • The flasks for hydrosilylation were closed by septa and dried with a hotgun under a nitrogen flow.2000 February, Christian Drohmann, Martin Möller, Olga B. Gorbatsevich, Aziz M. Muzafarov, “Hyperbranched polyalkenylsilanes by hydrosilylation with platinum catalysts. I. Polymerization”, in Journal...
  2. Synonym of hot glue gun.
    • With the hotgun, incontrast, the holding chamber and the nozzle supply continuous heat to the wax, and the wax can be injected directly into the hole as a liquid.1989, NASA Tech Briefs, page 84
    Synonyms:
    hot glue gun
  3. A gun, such as a semi-automatic, designed to discharge its rounds very quickly.
    • As Jorgensen turned his back and as Baker was raising his hotgun; somehow it discharged, striking Jorgensen in the back.1958, 45, California Highway Patrolman - Volumes 22-23
    • Jack flirted with Prissy, taught me how to handle the hotguns, and he told us stories about his life.2008, Pam Bustin, Mostly Happy, →ISBN, page 73

Examples of hotgun in a sentence

  • However, the more sensitive infrared system was able to detect this discontinuity at ambient temperatures without the benefit of a hotgun.2003, John E. White, Edward J. Tucholski, Robert E. Green Jr, “Nondestructive testing of aircraft and spacecraft wiring”, in Materials...
  • To a stirring suspension of CuI (1.23 g, 6.44 mmol, 1.125 eq, pre-dried with a hotgun) in dry Et₂O (55 ml) at 0°C under nitrogen was added MeLi (8.0 ml, 12.9 mmol, 2.25 eq).2008, Junpei Naito, Shunsuke Kuwahara, Masataka Watanabe, John Decatur, Pieter H. Bos, Ruben P. Van Summeren, Bjorn Ter Horst, Ben L....
  • And I now agree the hotgun-murder-car business must end.2012, TL Tekavec, Prohibiting Pueblo: A collection of poems:
  • Then there was that interminable, deadly pause between disengaging the stones and the old clips releasing from the hotguns.2014, HB Kurtzwilde, Student of the Tradition, →ISBN:

Synonyms of hotgun

Forms of hotgun

pluralhotguns
alternative formhot gun
alternative formHotgun

Origin of hotgun

From hot (“hot”) + gun.

Questions about hotgun

What does hotgun mean?
Hotgun means a device for directing hot air.
How do you use hotgun in a sentence?
However, the more sensitive infrared system was able to detect this discontinuity at ambient temperatures without the benefit of a hotgun.
What part of speech is hotgun?
Hotgun is a noun.
What is the plural of hotgun?
The plural of hotgun is hotguns.

Words near hotgun in the dictionary

  1. hotfoot
  2. hotfoot it
  3. hotfooted
  4. hotfooting
  5. hotfoots
  6. hotgun
  7. hotguns
  8. Hoth
  9. Hotham
  10. Hotham Heights
  11. hothead

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