rocket gun

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of rocket gun

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

Summoned by radio, the Coast Guard cutter Alexander Hamilton put medical supplies aboard by means of a rocket gun and line.

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Russia's Katusha antedated the U.S. bazooka, the German rocket gun.

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But if people do not give Lolly first pick at gossip, or if anyone crosses her, her retaliation can be as swift and terrible as a rocket gun.

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He had skyrocketed up on a Buck-Rogerish invention of his own, aptly dubbed the "rocket gun."

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Reason: with the old method, a fast worker could weld 40 studs in eight hours; with the rocket gun, 1,000.

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