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
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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
He acknowledges he brought a radar gun to the rink to clock her speed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
As a result Roberts said pitching coach Mark Prior and bullpen coach Josh Bard are making sure Henriquez understands there’s more to pitching that just lighting up the radar gun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2025
He attacked the strike zone with a heavy fastball, touching 98 mph on the radar gun.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 1, 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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