Meaning

1 senses
  1. A small gun with a relatively short barrel, designed to be held and operated with a single hand.

    Kurzwaffe, Pistole, Revolver

    пистоле́тpistolét

    a firearm that is held and fired with one hand

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Have you ever owned a handgun?

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  2. Do you think handguns should be made illegal?

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  3. Do you think that handguns should be made illegal?

    deBist du der Ansicht, dass Handfeuerwaffen verboten werden sollten?

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  4. Tom purchased a handgun.

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  5. Tom has a handgun.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
small, hand-held gun:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
small, hand-held gun:

Forms

plural: handguns
Singularhandgun
Pluralhandguns

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
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Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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