What does elephant gun mean?

elephant gun

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Scrabble Score

Letters

Syllables

Unique Chars

noun

"Lord John was standing at gaze with his finger on the trigger of his elephant-gun, his eager hunter's soul shining from his fierce eyes."
"In St. James's Street there used to be several shops which would sell you any form of lethalness, from a rook-rifle to an elephant-gun, with the greatest urbanity."

elephant guns (plural)

Nitro Express

Nitro Express

How to pronounce elephant gun

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “elephant gun”.

Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.

Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “elephant gun”.

Repeat and practice — Say “elephant gun” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.