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zip guns

zip guns is the plural of zip gun.

Meaning of zip gun

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
    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.

Questions about zip guns

What is zip guns the plural of?
Zip guns is the plural of zip gun.

Words near zip guns in the dictionary

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

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