Weapons

tear gas

a gas that makes the eyes fill with tears but does not damage them; used in dispersing crowds

 

sabre

a fencing sword with a v-shaped blade and a slightly curved handle

 

blunderbuss

a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle

 

butt shaft

a blunt arrow without a barb; an arrow used for target practice

 

minute gun

(military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)

 

kirpan

a ceremonial four-inch curved dagger that Sikh men and women are obliged to wear at all times

 

gat

a gangster's pistol

 

fire ship

a weapon consisting of a ship carrying explosives that is set adrift to destroy enemy ships

 

cutlass

a short heavy curved sword with one edge; formerly used by sailors

 

megaton bomb

a nuclear weapon with an explosive power equivalent to one million tons of TNT

 

dirk

a relatively long dagger with a straight blade

 

round shot

a solid projectile that in former times was fired from a cannon

 

nuclear weapon

a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction

 

flack

artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes

 

Browning machine gun

a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War

 

whaling gun

a gun (or device resembling a gun) for discharging a projectile (especially a harpoon) at a whale

 

breechloader

a gun that is loaded at the breech

 

paintball gun

an air gun used in the game of paintball; designed to simulate a semiautomatic

 

airgun

a gun that propels a projectile by compressed air

 

rifle

a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore