Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

time-gun

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.94 in modern English

Syllables: time--gun
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A gun fired by means of an electric current, formerly used to signal a specific time of day.

Etymology

From time + gun.

Inflected Forms

time-guns (plural) time gun (alternative)

Questions

What does time-gun mean?: A gun fired by means of an electric current, formerly used to signal a specific time of day.
Where does time-gun come from?: From time + gun.

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