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zip gun

zip gun noun: a crude homemade weapon that fires a projectile.

Noun (1)

zip gun (plural zip guns)

  1. A crude homemade weapon that fires a projectile.
    • As pertaining to my idea of zip guns, we didn't use the old type of zip gun any more because they were too dangerous. That was just a pipe and a piece of wood and nail and rubber band.1968, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Riots, Civil and Criminal Disorders
    • The simplest zip gun seen by the author was a metal tube in which a .22 Magnum cartridge was inserted. It was fired by striking the protruding base of the cartridge with a hammer.1998, Vincent J.M. DiMaio, Gunshot Wounds, page 282
    Synonyms:
    slam gun

Noun (2)

zip gun (plural zip guns)

  1. An EVA astronaut space maneuvering propulsion unit, a handheld gas jet device, connected to a reservoir.

Examples of zip gun in a sentence

  • During the interview, Flaco whips out a zip gun he's hidden beneath his testicles during the pat-down search prior to transfer to GID, and presents it to Detective Rydell.2005, Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts:
  • It looked like a real gun, but who knew, maybe it was zip gun.2012, Arnold Silveri, Turning the Corner on Life, page 59:

Synonyms of zip gun

Forms of zip gun

pluralzip guns

Questions about zip gun

What does zip gun mean?
Zip gun means a crude homemade weapon that fires a projectile.
How do you use zip gun in a sentence?
During the interview, Flaco whips out a zip gun he's hidden beneath his testicles during the pat-down search prior to transfer to GID, and presents it to Detective Rydell.
What part of speech is zip gun?
Zip gun is a noun.
What is the plural of zip gun?
The plural of zip gun is zip guns.

Words near zip gun in the dictionary

  1. Zip drives
  2. zip fastener
  3. zip fasteners
  4. zip file
  5. zip files
  6. zip gun
  7. zip guns
  8. zip it
  9. zip line
  10. zip liner
  11. zip liners

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