Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

organ gun

/ˌɔɹɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.08 in modern English

Syllables: or-gan gun
IPA: /ˌɔɹɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large, portable firearm normally supported by wheels, in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession; it was chiefly used from the 14th to the 17th century.

Example Sentences

"The attempts to re-invest the artillery with its one-time superiority were directed in two channels: one aimed at perfecting shrapnel, which had been rather neglected up to this time (England, Prussia, Austria), while the other resurrected the mediaeval idea of the "barrel-organ gun," with a view of assembling a number of rifle barrels and of combining thereby the accuracy of the small arm with the moral effect of canister."

Etymology

From organ + gun. The multiple barrels of the device were thought to resemble the pipes of a pipe organ.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɔɹɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/
British English: /ˌɔːɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/

Inflected Forms

organ guns (plural)

Synonyms

infernal machine mitrailleur rabauld ribauldequin ribaudkin ribault

Rhymes With

one old one done doesn't run everyone over and done fun son won hit and run hard-won

Questions

How do you pronounce organ gun?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɔɹɡ(ə)n ˈɡʌn/.
What does organ gun mean?: A large, portable firearm normally supported by wheels, in which bullets may be fired from a row of several tubes in succession; it was chiefly used from the 14th to the 17th century.
Where does organ gun come from?: From organ + gun. The multiple barrels of the device were thought to resemble the pipes of a pipe organ.

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