revolver

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The police found an antique revolver (my dad is an avid collector) locked in its case in the trunk.

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Quick take

(firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of revolver gathered in one view.

noun

(firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.

noun

(by extension) Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.

noun

(finance) Synonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for revolver.

noun

(firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.

noun

(by extension) Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.

noun

(finance) Synonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.

Example sentences

The police found an antique revolver (my dad is an avid collector) locked in its case in the trunk.

Patents were originally on the specific mechanical system (like the Colt revolver) or chemical composition.

The combination of their horse riding and archery skills made them more lethal than the US Army, until the revolver was invented.

For running my app I use the revolver plugin that offers the same thing: as soon as I save a file it is compiled and the app is restarted.

Officer Edward O'Grady lived long enough to empty his revolver, but as he reloaded, he was shot several times with an M16 rifle.

The closest competitors would be specialized agency tools like Revolver or HR tools.

And of course the Beatles went and did stuff that nobody else has done at the time with Revolver and Stg Peppers et al.

Flintlocks were still widespread when the Colt revolver was invented.

Similarly with revolvers; way easier to make a semiauto pistol and depot-level maintain it than even to just fix the timing on a double action revolver.

I was wondering if the PoC source code of Revolver is made publicly available.

Not the first time I had to resort to this with my gas revolver.

I've tinkered around dropwizard and SBT with SBT-revolver, works like a charm.

Quote examples

And here's a critical detail about " was specially requested by law enforcement ": the whole exercise was not to make it feel like a revolver, but to decrease negligent discharges.

Whenever I hear the words "desktop" and "innovation", I reach for my revolver.

When I hear the words "desktop" and "innovation", I reach for my revolver.

What songs have you heard?" If I just start saying that Revolver's first two tracks might be the best two in a row on any Beatles album, but that Sgt.