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line guns

line guns is the plural of line gun.

Meaning of line gun

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

Questions about line guns

What is line guns the plural of?
Line guns is the plural of line gun.

Words near line guns in the dictionary

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

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