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

Newsmen guessed: it is a multi-barreled, electrically operated rocket gun, set roughly at a 45� angle.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

The rocket gun even has a name: Urania.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soldiers looked up wide-eyed, and one said: "That must be that six-barreled rocket gun."

From Time Magazine Archive

Their loose jackets were belted at the waist, and they carried for weapons each man a knife, a short double-edged sword and what I took to be a form of magazine rocket gun.

From The Airlords of Han by Paul, Frank R.