zip gun
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A crude homemade weapon that fires a projectile.
Example Sentences
- "As pertaining to my idea of zip guns, we didn't use the old type of zip gun any more because they were too dangerous. That was just a pipe and a piece of wood and nail and rubber band."
- "The simplest zip gun seen by the author was a metal tube in which a .22 Magnum cartridge was inserted. It was fired by striking the protruding base of the cartridge with a hammer."
- "During the interview, Flaco whips out a zip gun he's hidden beneath his testicles during the pat-down search prior to transfer to GID, and presents it to Detective Rydell."
- ". “Oh, so we got annuduh tough guy here,” he said, pulling out a gun from his leather jacket. It looked like a real gun, but who knew, maybe it was zip gun."