elephant gun
Americannoun
noun
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a gun used in the hunting of elephants
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slang a surfboard for riding large waves
Example Sentences
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For the most part, I see no point in training an elephant gun on small targets.
From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2020
The second night, Shrum predicted, someone would take out their elephant gun to try to blast front-runner and former vice president Joe Biden out of the lead.
From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2019
Whether or not Alphabet truly needs to pull out its proverbial elephant gun, there are still other parts of the Care.com deal that harken back to Buffett's deal-making philosophy.
From US News • Jul. 7, 2016
Another example, perhaps, was this classic newspaper ad from his 2006 campaign, in which Raese posed with a ridiculous elephant gun.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2010
There were two large war craft, and a man with an elephant gun, a small cannon in fact.
From With Wolseley to Kumasi A Tale of the First Ashanti War by Brereton, F. S. (Frederick Sadleir)
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