radar gun
Americannoun
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A usually hand-held device that measures the velocity of a moving object by sending out a continuous radio wave and measuring the frequency of reflected waves.
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See more at Doppler effect
Example Sentences
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Tugboat’s seemingly unimpressive heater might not light up the radar gun, but batters insist it feels much faster than it actually is.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
The Brewers took him in the second round of the 2022 draft, and the radar gun only kept ticking up from there.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
The fastest hit 103.3 on the radar gun last Saturday, making it the hardest-thrown pitch by a Dodger since Statcast began tracking speed in 2015 and likely the fastest pitch in franchise history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
Yes, scouts love to see their radar gun hitting 98 mph, but Hernandez is best when his nasty slider at 86 mph is working.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2025
Just as he did this the warning light on his radar gun sight blinked on, indicating that something solid was in front of him—he wasn't photographing a sundog, hallucination, or refracted light.
From The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects by Edward J. Ruppelt
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