Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shooting iron

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.46 in modern English

Syllables: shoot-ing -iron
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A firearm, especially a handgun.

American usage; Colloquial; Dated

Example Sentences

""It ain't the rifle, Harry," Sam said good-temperedly; "it is the eye that is wrong, not the shooting-iron.""
"Look like a fool walking about with an empty shooting-iron in my hand."
""Look like a damn fool walking about with an empty shooting-iron in my hand.""
"The U.S. Army's newest war tool, the M-3 submachine gun, unveiled last week. [...] a stark, crude, unlovely shooting iron."

Usage

Inflected Forms

shooting irons (plural) shooting-iron (alternative)

Synonyms

pistol handgun side arm

Questions

What does shooting iron mean?: A firearm, especially a handgun.

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