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revolver Definition

re·volver (ri väl′vər, -vôl′-)

noun

  1. ☆ a handgun equipped with a revolving cylinder containing several cartridges so that it can be fired repeatedly without being reloaded
  2. a person or thing that revolves

revolver Synonyms

revolver

n.

Types of revolvers include: forty-five caliber, forty-four caliber, thirty-eight caliber, thirty-two caliber, twenty-two caliber, Colt, .45*, .44*, .38*, .32*, .22*, Dewey*, pepper pot*, blue lightning*, six-shooter*;

revolver Finance Definition

Short for revolving line of credit. A line of credit is given to a corporation in return for a commitment fee; the company can withdraw any or all of the credit line. Typically, revolving credit agreements are good for 364 days. If the company remains in good financial health, the revolving credit line is renegotiated. Banks consider revolvers risky because they have little profit incentive and limit the amount that can be loaned to other customers. Consequently, in tough economic times or when it is difficult to access the capital markets to sell stocks or bonds, banks are more conservative about issuing credit lines, or extend credit lines to only their best clients.

revolver Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • carry: He also carried a revolver, presumably in case we came up against anyone who didn't smoke!
  • load: We then searched the place where they had been, and the box containing eleven loaded revolvers and a quantity of ammunition was produced.
  • draw: Before we could even draw a revolver he had died.
  • fire: I only recall seeing the revolver fired on one other occasion.
  • hold: In her right hand, pointed at his head, she held a revolver.
  • put: He tried to put the revolver in his left side pocket, but I threw him down and took the revolver from him.

Preposition: in

hand: I began to run at once toward this fire, revolver in hand.

Adjective modifier

  • loaded: He just got fired from Alabama for bring a loaded revolver into class.
  • single: Weapon No 215 Pistol Revolver Pin Fire An 11 mm, smoothbore double and single action revolver.
  • old: Fletcher himself is then murdered, shot with an old army revolver.
  • large: We have all got arms, even for me a large bore revolver.
  • automatic: We note with considerable interest the appearance of a modern automatic revolver now in production in Germany.

Modifies a noun

  • cannon: Revolver cannon have their own design problems, however.
  • shot: In the course of the struggle a number of revolver shots were freely used.
  • gun: Either has no magazine or has a fixed magazine not holding more than two cartridges and Is not a revolver gun.
  • bullet: At one place we found some old revolver bullets which we tried to explode, fortunately without success.

Noun used with modifier

  • caliber: The second choice was a major caliber revolver; the third a minor caliber self-loader, and in last place the minor caliber revolver.
  • action: It was a double action revolver - it could either be fired with the hammer in the uncocked position or from the cocked position.
  • service: George: It's a good old service revolver.
  • police: PC Henry Thomas Brooks Killed by the accidental discharge of a police revolver issued to him at Chelsea Police Station.