- Gun - Handgun - Private eye lost new handgun - Short firearm - Small firearm - Small weapon - The smallest firearm used, intended to be fired from one
hand, -- now of many patterns, and bearing a great variety of names.
See Illust. of Revolver.
- A short gun or firearm, with a large bore, capable of
holding a number of balls, and intended to do execution without exact
aim. - A stupid, blundering fellow.