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time-gun

time-gun noun: a gun fired by means of an electric current, formerly used to signal a specific time of day.

Noun

time-gun (plural time-guns)

  1. (historical) A gun fired by means of an electric current, formerly used to signal a specific time of day.

Forms of time-gun

pluraltime-guns
alternative formtime gun

Origin of time-gun

From time + gun.

Questions about time-gun

What does time-gun mean?
Time-gun means a gun fired by means of an electric current, formerly used to signal a specific time of day.
What part of speech is time-gun?
Time-gun is a noun.
What is the plural of time-gun?
The plural of time-gun is time-guns.

Words near time-gun in the dictionary

  1. time-gain compensation
  2. time-globe
  3. time-globes
  4. time-grapher
  5. time-graphers
  6. time-gun
  7. time-guns
  8. time-homogeneous Markovian type
  9. time-honored
  10. time-honoured
  11. time-hopping

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