Handgun definition

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handguns
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Any firearm, as a pistol, designed to be held and fired with one hand.
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A small, hand-held gun with a relatively short barrel.
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A firearm that can be used with one hand.
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Noun

Singular:
handgun
Plural:
handguns

Origin of handgun

Handgun Sentence Examples

  • Instead of answering, she raised her arm and steadied her breath, as if she were holding a handgun.

  • Rhyn's gaze went to Toby's backpack.  The cold rain felt good against his hot skin, and he stripped down to his T-shirt in the frigid weather to buffer the heat and magic growing within his body.  "This is supposed to incapacitate a demon," Kiki said and loaded a handgun with a small dart.

  • At around 10.50pm a man walked into the Happy Sing Chinese takeaway brandishing a small, silver handgun.

  • When in the Hockley Heath area the males produced a handgun and tried to take the vehicle.

  • Sergeant Stephenson glanced over to the male and saw a black handgun in his right hand.

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