Definition of small-arm Small-arm
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| small-arm - a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" | ||
| firearm, piece | ||
| gun the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; "two runners started before the gun"; "a twenty gun salute" | ||
| autoloader, self-loader a firearm that reloads itself | ||
| firing pin striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer | ||
| lock any wrestling hold in which some part of the opponent's body is twisted or pressured | ||
| muzzle loader an obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle | ||
| handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm a firearm that is held and fired with one hand | ||
| repeating firearm, repeater a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading | ||
| rifle a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired" | ||
| riot gun a firearm designed to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death | ||
| scattergun, shotgun firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges | ||
| sights an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument | ||
| smoothbore a firearm that has no rifling | ||
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