revolver

Noun

Meaning

One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

six-shooter pistol firearm handgun revolving door six-gun colt rod wheeler turner cannon gat carbine luger blaster
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Antonyms

order delay bare hands

Hypernyms

door pistol handgun side arm shooting iron

Hyponyms

colt

Phrases with the word

revolver flower turret revolver snubnosed revolver

Examples

Let every dirty, lousy tramp arm himself with a revolver or a knife, and lay in wait on the steps of the palaces of the rich and stab or shoot the owners as they come out. Let us kill them without mercy, and let it be a war of extermination. Lucy Parsons

It was reported that Guy Ritchie has cast his wife Madonna in a small walk-on role in his new movie, Revolver. Madonna will play the part of the woman who ruins the film. Tina Fey

If I held a revolver to your head, James, and pulled the trigger, would it really matter if I did not know that there were not bullets in the chambers? Cassandra Clare

It was suicide. Others killed themselves with poison or with a revolver. I killed myself with minutes and hours. Henri Barbusse

Whenever I hear the word culture, I reach for my revolver. Hermann Göring

Everyone has the revolver of resignation in his pocket. Ian Fleming

Close letter words and terms

revolved revolvement revolvency revolver flower revolvered revolving