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radar gun

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A hand-held (or mounted) device that emits a radar beam and uses the Doppler effect to measure the velocity of moving objects (especially traffic).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: speed gun, radar speed gun, speed trap gun

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: snelgeweer — Translations
  • Arabic: مسدس الرادار — Translations
  • Catalan: pistola radar — Translations
  • Catalan: radar de pistola — Translations
  • Catalan: pistola de radar — Translations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雷達槍 /雷达枪 (léidá qiāng) — Translations
  • Dutch: lasergun — Translations
  • German: Laserpistole — Translations
  • German: Laserhandmessgerät — Translations
  • German: Radarpistole — Translations
  • Hungarian: radarpisztoly — Translations
  • Hungarian: kézi sebességmérő radar — Translations
  • Indonesian: radar kecepatan — Translations
  • Italian: pistola laser — Translations
  • Japanese: スピードガン (supīdo gan) — Translations
  • Japanese: レーダーガン (rēdā gan) — Translations
  • Japanese: レーダースピードガン (rēdā supīdo gan) — Translations
  • Japanese: スピード測定器 (supīdo sokutei-ki) — Translations
  • Korean: 스피드 건 (seupideu geon) — Translations
  • Korean: 레이다 건 (reida geon) — Translations
  • Korean: 레이다 스피드 건 (reida seupideu geon) — Translations
  • Korean: 속도측정기 (sokdocheukjeonggi) — Translations
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: radarkontroll — Translations
  • Russian: рада́р для измере́ния ско́рости (radár dlja izmerénija skórosti) — Translations
  • Slovene: merilnik hitrosti — Translations
  • Spanish: radar de control de velocidad — Translations
  • Spanish: pistola de velocidad — Translations
  • Swedish: laserpistol — Translations
  • Vietnamese: súng bắn tốc độ — Translations
  • Vietnamese: súng radar — Translations