rocket gun

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noun

any weapon that uses a rocket as a projectile, as a rocket launcher or bazooka.

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Origin of rocket gun

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby rocket gun

rocket, rocket airplane, rocket bomb, rocketeer, rocket engine, rocket gun, rocket launcher, rocket-propelled, rocket propulsion, rocketry, rocket science

How to use rocket gun in a sentence

They carried circular shields, about three feet in diameter, with a vision slit and a small rocket gun.
The Airlords of Han|Philip Francis Nowlan
In the apex of the affair, above his head, was a small turret, containing an automatic rocket gun.
The Airlords of Han|Philip Francis Nowlan
At last, when for a fraction of a second my nose pointed toward the Hans, I pressed the button of my rocket gun.
The Airlords of Han|Philip Francis Nowlan
He learned how to operate the heavy-caliber rocket gun which hurled this tiniest of atomic bombs.
The Secret of the Ninth Planet|Donald Allen Wollheim