"firearm" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

is a type of: gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
subtypes:
- autoloader, self-loader - a firearm that reloads itself
- muzzle loader - an obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle
- handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm - a firearm that is held and fired with one hand
- repeater, repeating firearm - a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
- rifle - a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore
- riot gun - a firearm designed to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death
- scattergun, shotgun - firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges
- smoothbore - a firearm that has no rifling
- .22, twenty-two - a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)
has:
- firing pin - striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer
- lock - a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun
- sights - an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument
same as: piece, small-arm