striker
hammer
gun trigger
trigger
needle gun
cock
plunger
breech
rear of tube
rear of barrel
safety
hair trigger
discharge
muzzle-loading
shooting
shot
trigger finger
underlever
breech face
lockwork
Gatling
soft point
firelock
pintle
sear
cascabel
forward assist
shottie
dotty
scattergun
lever action
shotty
gun carriage
lock
cartridge
bowshot
shooter
shotshell
hair-trigger
smoke pole
hardware
air rifle
rifling
airgun
choke tube
kick
snaphance
air gun
wire cartridge
action
rolling block
pellet
boltface
nickelling
corn
long gun
clout
ramrod
butt
receiver
nest
choke
bolt
magazine
breechblock
gunstock
barrel
gun barrel
riflemanship
clip
slugthrower
cartridge holder
cartridge clip
spitzer
handloading
riflery
patch
shoot up
suppressor
leade
forend
gunlock
tige
firing mechanism
percussion lock
shoot
Nordenfelt gun
concentrator
latchet
muzzle velocity
brucky
microstamping
nail ball
pistol
muzzle-loading
striker
hammer
gun trigger
trigger
needle gun
cock
plunger
breech
rear of tube
rear of barrel
hair trigger
discharge
shooting
shot
trigger finger
underlever
breech face
lockwork
Gatling
soft point
firelock
pintle
sear
cascabel
forward assist
shottie
dotty
scattergun
lever action
shotty
gun carriage
lock
cartridge
bowshot
shooter
shotshell
hair-trigger
smoke pole
hardware
air rifle
rifling
airgun
choke tube
kick
snaphance
air gun
wire cartridge
action
rolling block
pellet
boltface
nickelling
corn
long gun
clout
ramrod
butt
receiver
nest
choke
bolt
magazine
breechblock
gunstock
barrel
gun barrel
riflemanship
clip
slugthrower
cartridge holder
cartridge clip
spitzer
handloading
riflery
patch
suppressor
leade
forend
gunlock
tige
firing mechanism
percussion lock
Nordenfelt gun
concentrator
latchet
muzzle velocity
brucky
microstamping
nail ball
pistol
safety
corn
shoot up
shoot
noun
- A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.
- An individual who is on strike.
- An officer's servant or orderly.
- A piece of metal used to attract a magnet, or as a keeper for a magnet.
- A piece of metal struck against a flint or quartz-rock to produce sparks; a steel.
- A blacksmith's assistant who wields the sledgehammer.
- A piece used to push other pieces toward the pockets in the Asian game of carom.
- The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket.
- The batter.
- One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.
noun
- A moving part of a firearm that strikes the firing pin to discharge a gun.
- The malleus, a small bone of the middle ear.
- The accelerator pedal.
- A device made of a heavy steel ball attached to a length of wire, and used for throwing.
- The act of using a hammer to hit something.
- The last stone in an end.
- A frisbee throwing style in which the disc is held upside-down with a forehand grip and thrown above the head.
- Part of a clock that strikes upon a bell to indicate the hour.
- One who, or that which, smites or shatters.
- A tool with a heavy head and a handle used for pounding.
- In a piano or dulcimer, a piece of wood covered in felt that strikes the string.
verb
- To declare (a person) a defaulter on the stock exchange.
- To ride very fast.
- To make high demands on (a system or service).
- To emphasize a point repeatedly.
- To beat down the price of (a stock), or depress (a market).
- To have hard sex with.
- To strike repeatedly with a hammer, some other implement, the fist, etc.
- To form or forge with a hammer; to shape by beating.
- To defeat (a person, a team) resoundingly
- To hit particularly hard.
- To strike internally, as if hit by a hammer.
noun
- The hammer of a firearm trigger mechanism.
- The penis.
- The circle at the end of the rink.
- The state of being cocked; an upward turn, tilt or angle.
- Vulva, vagina.
- Shuttlecock.
- A male fish, especially a salmon or trout.
- A cock pigeon.
- The bridge piece that affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch.
- A valve or tap for controlling flow in plumbing.
- Hay-cock, a small conical pile of hay.
- The crow of a cock, especially the first crow in the morning; cockcrow.
- A rooster: a male gallinaceous bird, especially a male domestic chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
- The style or gnomon of a sundial.
- Nonsense; rubbish; a fraud.
- A man; a fellow, especially as a term of address.
- A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.
- The indicator of a balance.
- A stupid, obnoxious or contemptible person.
- A boastful tilt of one's head or hat.
verb
- To turn or twist something upwards or to one side; to lift or tilt (e.g. headwear) boastfully.
- To lift the cock of a firearm or crossbow; to prepare (a gun or crossbow) to be fired.
- To copulate with; (by extension, as with fuck) to mess up, to damage, to destroy.
- To be prepared to be triggered by having the cock lifted.
- To erect; to turn up.
- To form into piles.
intj
noun
- The firing pin of a breechloader.
- The moving portion of a solenoid.
- One who plunges; a diver.
- A device similar to a piston but without a mechanism; a long solid cylinder used, instead of a piston or bucket, as a forcer in pumps.
- The spring-loaded assembly that propels the ball onto the table.
- A boiler in which clay is beaten by a wheel to a creamy consistency.
- A horse that plunges, or throws itself suddenly forward.
- The sliding activator of an exploder, an electrical generator used to trigger electrical detonators such as blasting caps.
- A cavalryman.
- The part of a cafetière that is pushed down to remove grounds from coffee.
- The internal piece of a syringe that pushes out or pulls in any contents.
- A device that is used to remove blockages from the drain of a basin or tub, by suction.
verb
- to secure a firing pin, as in guns, to keep the gun from firing
- To secure (a mechanical component, as in aviation) to keep it from becoming detached even under vibration.
noun
- An instance of a player being sacked or tackled in the end zone, or stepping out of the end zone and off the field, resulting in two points to the opposite team.
- A mechanism on a weapon or dangerous equipment designed to prevent accidental firing.
- The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
- Any of the defensive players who are in position furthest from the line of scrimmage and whose responsibility is to defend against passes as well as to be the tacklers of last resort.
- A safety squeeze.
- Preservation from escape; close custody.
noun
- The act of firing a projectile, especially from a firearm.
- The volume of water transported by a river in a certain amount of time, usually in units of m³/s (cubic meters per second).
- The process of flowing out.
- Pus or exudate (other than blood) from a wound or orifice, usually due to infection or pathology.
- The act of accomplishing (an obligation) or repaying a debt etc.; performance.
- The act of expelling or letting go.
- The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
- The act of releasing an accumulated charge.
- The act of releasing a member of the armed forces from service.
- The process of unloading something.
verb
- To operate (any weapon that fires a projectile, such as a shotgun or sling).
- To send away (a creditor) satisfied by payment; to pay one's debt or obligation to.
- To relieve of an office or employment; to send away from service; to dismiss.
- To release (an accumulated charge).
- To release legally from confinement; to set at liberty.
- To let fly, as a missile; to shoot.
- To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
- To release (an auxiliary assumption) from the list of assumptions used in arguments, and return to the main argument.
- To unload a ship or another means of transport.
- To give forth; to emit or send out.
- To release (an inpatient) from hospital.
- To put forth, or remove, as a charge or burden; to take out, as that with which anything is loaded or filled.
- To set aside; to annul; to dismiss.
- To bleach out or to remove or efface, as by a chemical process.
- To release (a member of the armed forces) from service.
- To accomplish or complete, as an obligation.
- To expel or let go.
- To let fly; to give expression to; to utter.
noun
- the act of firing a projectile
- a solid missile discharged from a firearm
- (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand
- a chance to do something
- a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot)
- a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- the act of putting a liquid into the body by means of a syringe
- a small drink of liquor
- an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
- an estimate based on little or no information
- an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
- sports equipment consisting of a heavy metal ball used in the shot put
- an explosive charge used in blasting
- a blow hard enough to cause injury
- an attempt to score in a game
- informal words for any attempt or effort
- the launching of a missile or spacecraft to a specified destination
- throwing the basketball toward the hoop
adj
noun
noun
adj
verb
noun
- a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- a fastener fitted to a door or drawer to keep it firmly closed
- a strand or cluster of hair
- enclosure consisting of a section of canal that can be closed to control the water level; used to raise or lower vessels that pass through it
- a restraint incorporated into the ignition switch to prevent the use of a vehicle by persons who do not have the key
- any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured
verb
- fasten with a lock
- keep engaged
- become rigid or immoveable
- hold in a locking position
- become engaged or intermeshed with one another
- hold fast (in a certain state)
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape
- pass by means through a lock in a waterway
- build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
noun
- ammunition consisting of a cylindrical casing containing an explosive charge and a bullet; fired from a rifle or handgun
- a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
- a module designed to be inserted into a larger piece of equipment
- an electro-acoustic transducer that is the part of the arm of a record player that holds the needle and that is removable
noun
- A firearm.
- A shooting star.
- An alcoholic beverage typically served in a shot glass.
- A large marble used for knocking smaller marbles out of a chalk circle.
- Someone who shoots something; a gunner, archer, etc.
- A video game in which shooting enemies (or targets) is the main objective.
- The player throwing the dice.
- A professional wrestler who uses actual fighting moves as part of his style, or who speaks his mind during a live or televised event (instead of speaking from a script).
- A device supposed to accumulate orgone.
noun
noun
- A firearm.
- Electronic equipment.
- The part of a computer that is fixed and cannot be altered without replacement or physical modification; motherboard, expansion cards, etc. Compare software.
- Fixtures, equipment, tools and devices used for general-purpose construction and repair of a structure or object. Also such equipment as sold as stock by a store of the same name, e.g. hardware store.
- Metal implements.
- Medals or trophies.
- Equipment.
noun
- The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
- The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. Shunt rifling, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.
- The act or process of letting playing cards cascade down one at a time towards the table (or one's hand), controlling the speed and flow with one's thumb, which sits on the top edges of the cards.
noun
- The recoil of a gun.
- Something that tickles the fancy; something fun or amusing.
- Any bucking motion of an object that lacks legs or feet.
- A pass played by kicking with the foot.
- Synonym of kicker (“backlight positioned at an angle”)
- A hit or strike with the leg, foot or knee.
- The removal of a person from an online activity.
- A stimulation provided by an intoxicating substance.
- The distance traveled by kicking the ball.
- Piquancy.
- A pocket.
- The action of swinging a foot or leg.
- An increase in speed in the final part of a running race.
verb
- To direct to a particular place by a blow with the foot or leg.
- To recoil; to push by recoiling.
- To be emphatically excellent.
- To make a sharp jerking movement of the leg, as to strike something.
- To show opposition or resistance.
- To overcome (a bothersome or difficult issue or obstacle); to free oneself of (a problem).
- To reset (a watchdog timer).
- To accelerate quickly with a few pedal strokes in an effort to break away from other riders.
- To eject summarily.
- To reproach oneself for making a mistake or missing an opportunity.
- To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
- To attack (a piece) in order to force it to move.
- To move or push suddenly and violently.
- To die.
- To forcibly remove a participant from an online activity.
- To work a press by impact of the foot on a treadle.
noun
- In firearms terminology, the mechanism that handles the ammunition (loads, locks, fires, and extracts the cartridges).
- something done (usually as opposed to something said)
- the state of being active
- a military engagement
- a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings)
- the series of events that form a plot
- the trait of being active and energetic and forceful
- the operating part that transmits power to a mechanism
- a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes another for a wrong done or for protection of a right or for prevention of a wrong
- an act by a government body or supranational organization
- the most important or interesting work or activity in a specific area or field
verb
noun
- A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
- One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.
- A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.
- Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls and many other birds of prey, which serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
- A roundel sable (black circular spot).
verb
noun
- bullets, ammunition, charge and discharge of firearms
- (countable) inflammatory disease of horse hoof, at the caudal part of the sole.
- A type of granular snow formed by repeated melting and refreezing, often in mountain spring conditions.
- (countable) skin hyperplasia with underlying fibroma between both digits of cattle.
- money.
- A type of callus, usually on the feet or hands.
- Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
- A grain or seed, especially of a cereal crop.
- Maize, a grain crop of the species Zea mays.
- Something (e.g. acting, humour, music, or writing) which is deemed old-fashioned or intended to induce emotion.
- A small, hard particle.
verb
noun
- The end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired.
- The joint where two planks in a strake meet.
- A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head; a head butt.
- The buttocks (used as a minced oath in idiomatic expressions; less objectionable than arse/ass).
- The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.
- The whole buttocks and pelvic region that includes one's private parts.
- The blunt back part of an axehead or large blade. Also called the poll.
- A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.
- A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed.
- An English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 126 wine gallons which is one-half tun; equivalent to the pipe.
- Any of various flatfish such as sole, plaice or turbot
- A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
- The plastic or rubber cap used to cover the open end of a lacrosse stick's shaft in order to reduce injury.
- A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc., so named because it is attached to the inside edge of the door and butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.
- The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib.
- A mark to be shot at; a target.
- A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scarfing or chamfering.
- The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.
- The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice.
- A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.
- The shoulder of an animal, especially the portion above the picnic, as a cut of meat.
- A thrust in fencing.
- Body; self.
- A used cigarette.
- A wooden cask for storing wine, usually containing 126 gallons.
verb
noun
- The part of a firearm containing the action.
- A person or company appointed to settle the affairs of an insolvent entity.
- A person who attempts to return the serve.
- Something which receives some substance or object, in a general sense; a receptacle.
- The part of a telephone handset contained in the earpiece; (hence) the handset itself; an earpiece.
- A swaption which gives its holder the option to enter into a swap in which they pay the floating leg and receive the fixed leg.
- A person who receives something in a general sense; a recipient.
- A person who accepts stolen goods.
- An official whose job is to receive taxes or other monies; a tax collector, a treasurer.
- A vessel for receiving and holding the products of distillation, or for containing gases.
- Any of several electronic devices that receive electromagnetic waves, or signals transmitted as such.
- An offensive player who catches the ball after it has been passed.
- A vessel for receiving the exhaust steam from the high-pressure cylinder before it enters the low-pressure cylinder, in a compound steam engine.
- An airtight vessel from which air is pumped in order to form a vacuum.
noun
- A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
- A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
- The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
- A choking coil.
- In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
- A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
- A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
verb
- To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
- To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
- To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
- To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
- To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
- To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
- To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
- To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
- To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
- To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
- To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
- To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
noun
- A sliding mechanism to chamber and unchamber a cartridge in a firearm.
- A small personal-armour-piercing missile for short-range use, or (in common usage though deprecated by experts) a short arrow, intended to be shot from a crossbow or a catapult.
- The standard linear measurement of canvas for use at sea: 39 yards.
- A sieve, especially a long fine sieve used in milling for bolting flour and meal; a bolter.
- A sudden flight, as to escape creditors.
- A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a cylindrical body that is threaded, with a larger head on one end. It can be inserted into an unthreaded hole up to the head, with a nut then threaded on the other end; a heavy machine screw.
- A refusal to support a nomination made by the party with which one has been connected; a breaking away from one's party.
- A stalk or scape (of garlic, onion, etc).
- A burst of speed or efficiency.
- A bar of wood or metal dropped in horizontal hooks on a door and adjoining wall or between the two sides of a double door, to prevent the door(s) from being forced open.
- A lightning spark, i.e., a lightning bolt.
- An iron to fasten the legs of a prisoner; a shackle; a fetter.
- A sliding pin or bar in a lock or latch mechanism.
- A sudden event, action or emotion.
- A large roll of fabric or similar material, as a bolt of cloth.
- A sudden spring or start; a sudden leap aside.
verb
- To produce flower stalks and flowers or seeds quickly or prematurely; to form a bolt (stalk or scape); to go to seed.
- To discuss or argue privately, and for practice, as cases at law.
- To escape.
- To sift, especially through a cloth.
- To cause to start or spring forth; to dislodge (an animal being hunted).
- To flee, to depart, to accelerate suddenly.
- To sift the bran and germ from wheat flour.
- To connect or assemble pieces using a bolt.
- To utter precipitately; to blurt or throw out.
- To secure a door by locking or barring it.
- To swallow food without chewing it.
- To strike or fall suddenly like a bolt.
- To drink one's drink very quickly; to down a drink.
- To refuse to support a nomination made by a party or caucus with which one has been connected; to break away from a party.
- To separate, assort, refine, or purify by other means.
adv
noun
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- a periodic publication containing pictures and stories and articles of interest to those who purchase it or subscribe to it
- product consisting of a paperback periodic publication as a physical object
- a business firm that publishes magazines
- a light-tight supply chamber holding the film and supplying it for exposure as required
- a storehouse (as a compartment on a warship) where weapons and ammunition are stored
noun
- a metal frame or container holding cartridges; can be inserted into an automatic gun
- an instance or single occasion for some event
- any of various small fasteners used to hold loose articles together
- an article of jewelry that can be clipped onto a hat or dress
- the act of clipping or snipping
- a sharp slanting blow
verb
noun
noun
- A block on the muzzle of a gun, to do away with the effect of dispart, in sighting.
- A cover worn over a damaged eye, an eyepatch.
- A piece of any size, used to repair something for a temporary period only, or that it is temporary because it is not meant to last long or will be removed as soon as a proper repair can be made, which will happen in the near future.
- A piece of cloth, or other suitable material, sewed or otherwise fixed upon a garment to repair or strengthen it, especially upon an old garment to cover a hole.
- A small area, a small plot of land or piece of ground.
- A small, usually contrasting but always somehow different or distinct, part of something else (location, time, size)
- A sound setting for a musical synthesizer (originally selected by means of a patch cable).
- An overlay used to obtain a stronger impression.
- A small piece of anything used to repair damage or a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc.
- A cable connecting two pieces of electrical equipment.
- A small piece of black silk stuck on the face or neck to heighten beauty by contrast, worn by ladies in the 17th and 18th centuries; an imitation beauty mark.
- A small piece of material that is manually passed through a gun barrel to clean it.
- A piece of greased cloth or leather used as wrapping for a rifle ball, to make it fit the bore.
- A local region of professional responsibility.
- A piece of material used to cover a wound.
- An adhesive piece of material, impregnated with a drug, which is worn on the skin, the drug being slowly absorbed over a period of time.
- A patch file, a file that describes changes to be made to a computer file or files, usually changes made to a computer program that fix a programming bug.
verb
- To connect two pieces of electrical equipment using a cable.
- To mend with pieces; to repair by fastening pieces on.
- To join or unite the pieces of; to patch the skirt.
- To repair or arrange in a hasty or clumsy manner
- To employ a temporary, removable electronic connection, as one between two components in a communications system.
- To make out of pieces or patches, like a quilt.
- To mend by sewing on a piece or pieces of cloth, leather, or the like
- To make a quick and possibly temporary change to a program.
- To fix or improve a computer program without a complete upgrade.
verb
- To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- To begin to speak.
- To move very quickly and suddenly.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- To grow; to advance.
- To shoot the moon.
- To ejaculate.
- To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- To photograph.
- To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- To make the stated score.
- To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- To throw dice.
- To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.ᵂ
- To dismiss or do away with.
- To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- To lunge.
- To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
- To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- To film.
- To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- To fire (a projectile).
- To send to someone.
- To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- To go over or pass quickly through.
noun
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
- An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- A photography session.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
intj
noun
- A frame or ring of wire or hard paper fitting into the cartridge case used in some shotguns, and holding the shot together when discharged, to secure close shooting; also, a device for slightly narrowing the bore at the muzzle for the same purpose.
- One who concentrates.
- A hub.
- An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air.
noun
noun
- A handgun
- The mechanical component of a fuse in a bomb or torpedo responsible for firing the detonator.
- A small boy who is bright, alert and very active.
- A creative and unpredictable jokester, a constant source of entertainment and surprises.
- An offensive formation in which the quarterback receives the snap at a distance behind the center, but closer than in a shotgun formation, with a running back lined up behind him.
verb
English words for 'A mechanism of a firearm acting upon the firing pin.'
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