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line gun

line gun noun: a firearm designed to shoot a rope across a distance, usually used to pass lines from one ship to another.

line gun: a firearm designed to shoot a rope across a distance, usually used to pass lines from one ship to...
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Noun

line gun (plural line guns)

  1. (search and rescue) A firearm designed to shoot a rope across a distance, usually used to pass lines from one ship to another.
    Synonyms:
    line launcher gun, line launching gun, line thrower gun, line throwing gun, rope gun, rope launcher gun, rope launching gun, rope thrower gun, rope throwing gun
  2. A beam weapon, that shoots a long-duration beam to burn through the target, like a laser cutter

Synonyms of line gun

  • line launcher gun
  • line launching gun
  • line thrower gun
  • line throwing gun
  • rope gun
  • rope launcher gun
  • rope launching gun
  • rope thrower gun
  • rope throwing gun

Forms of line gun

pluralline guns
alternative formlinegun

Questions about line gun

What does line gun mean?
Line gun means a firearm designed to shoot a rope across a distance, usually used to pass lines from one ship to another.
What part of speech is line gun?
Line gun is a noun.
What is the plural of line gun?
The plural of line gun is line guns.

Words near line gun in the dictionary

  1. line functions
  2. line gauge
  3. line gauges
  4. line graph
  5. line graphs
  6. line gun
  7. line guns
  8. line haul
  9. line hauls
  10. line hypnosis
  11. line in

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