revolver
/ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/
revolver noun: a handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading. Also the agent noun of revolve.
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Noun
revolver (plural revolvers)
- A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
- Synonyms:
- wheelgun, smoke wagon
- Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.
- Synonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.
- The debt is split between $6.5bn of term loans, as well as $6bn of senior and junior bonds and a $500mn revolver.2023 December 16, “Musk told lenders they would not lose money on Twitter deal”, in FT Weekend (Companies & Markets section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10
- Synonyms:
- revolving line of credit
Also used as
revolver is also the agent noun of revolve.
revolver meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
revolver in Hindi
- रिवॉल्वर, रिवाल्वर
revolver in Tamil
- ரிவால்வர்
revolver in Marathi
- handgun with revolving chambers
- रिव्हॉलव्हर rivhŏlavhar
revolver in Urdu
- handgun with revolving chambers
- ریوالور rewalwor
More languagesFewer languages
- revolver in Bengali
- রিভলভার, রিভলবার
- revolver in Telugu
- రివాల్వర్
- revolver in Malayalam
- റിവോൾവർ, റിവൾവർ
- revolver in Kannada
- ರಿವಾಲ್ವರ್
- revolver in Punjabi
- ਰਿਵਾਲਵਰ, ਰੀਵਾਲਵਰ
- revolver in Gujarati
- રિવોલ્વર, રિવૉલ્વર, રીવોલ્વર
- revolver in Odia
- ରିଭଲଭର, ରିଭଲଭର୍, ରିଭଲ୍ଭର
- revolver in Nepali
- रिभल्भर, रिभलभर, रिभोल्वर
- revolver in Tagalog
- rebolber
- revolver in Arabic
- مُسَدَّس musaddas
- revolver in Malay
- revolver
- revolver in Indonesian
- repolper, pistol
- revolver in Persian
- هفتتیر haft-tir, رولور revolver
Examples of revolver in a sentence
- Although it was a little impractical, Elmer held his revolvers akimbo because to him it looked cool.
- He unloaded his revolver and put the cartridges away to be reloaded later.
- A Smith & Wesson double-action .38 revolver was the standard issue in those days.
Synonyms of revolver
- wheelgun
- smoke wagon
- revolving line of credit
Forms of revolver
| plural | revolvers |
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Origin of revolver
From revolve + -er, coined by American inventor Samuel Colt in 1835.
Words formed from revolver
Phrases with revolver
Questions about revolver
- What does revolver mean?
- Revolver means a handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
- What is revolver in Hindi?
- Revolver in Hindi is रिवॉल्वर, रिवाल्वर. See Revolver meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is revolver?
- Revolver is a noun.
- How do you pronounce revolver?
- Revolver is pronounced /ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of revolver?
- The plural of revolver is revolvers.
Words near revolver in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: revolver (page history and authors); revolver (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); revolver (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); revolver (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); revolver (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); revolver (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); revolver (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); revolver (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); revolver (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); revolver (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); revolver (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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