six-gun

[ siks-guhn ]

/ ˈsɪksˌgʌn /

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noun

a six-shooter.

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Origin of six-gun

First recorded in 1910–15

Words nearby six-gun

sixer, six feet under, six-finger country, sixfold, six-footer, six-gun, sixmo, Six Nations, Six Nations Championship, six o'clock swill, six of one, half a dozen of the other

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How to use six-gun in a sentence

Thirty-six percent were in favor and 38 percent were opposed.
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It was a very faithful homage to a Six Million Dollar Man episode.
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“You can imagine the sound of that gun on a Bronx street,” Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce says.
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I just recently rewatched all six Star Wars movies the other day… Oh wow, from the beginning?
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After the six-week training, the forces will be deployed to confront the Islamic State, officials said.
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I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
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About this time the famous Philippine painter, Juan Luna (vide p. 195), was released after six monthsʼ imprisonment as a suspect.
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It contains above eighty thousand houses, and about six hundred thousand inhabitants.
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We had six field-pieces, but we only took four, harnessed wit twice the usual number of horses.
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The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
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British Dictionary definitions for six-gun

six-gun

noun

US informal another word for six-shooter

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