revolver, six-gun, six-shooter
(noun) a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
revolver (plural revolvers)
A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
(by extension) Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.
(finance) synonym of revolving line of credit
Agent noun of revolve; something that revolves.
• (handgun): wheelgun
(handgun)
• six-gun
• six-shooter
Source: Wiktionary
Re*volv"er, n.
Definition: One who, or that which, revolves; specifically, a firearm ( commonly a pistol) with several chambers or barrels so arranged as to revolve on an axis, and be discharged in succession by the same lock; a repeater.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
13 June 2024
(adjective) restricted to whites only; “under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains”; “a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
