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A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: wheelgun, smoke wagon
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pistol[Appendix:Glossary, handgun, firearm, gun, ranged weapon, weapon
Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Synonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
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Synonyms: revolving line of credit
Antonyms: none provided
Agent noun of revolve; something that revolves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: agent, form-of
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: six-gun, six-shooter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pistol, handgun, side arm, shooting iron
Narrower terms: Colt
a door consisting of four orthogonal partitions that rotate about a central pivot; a door designed to equalize the air pressure in tall buildings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: revolving door
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: door
From revolve + -er, coined by American inventor Samuel Colt in 1835.
Across languages
Translations 76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans :
rewolwer
— handgun with revolving chambers
Albanian :
revole
— handgun with revolving chambers
Arabic :
مُسَدَّس
(musaddas)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Armenian :
ատրճանակ
(atrčanak)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Azerbaijani :
altıatılan
— handgun with revolving chambers
Azerbaijani :
altıaçılan
— handgun with revolving chambers
Basque :
errebolber
— handgun with revolving chambers
Bulgarian :
револве́р
(revolvér)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Catalan :
revòlver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Cebuano :
bolber
— handgun with revolving chambers
Chinese Mandarin :
左輪手槍 /左轮手枪
(zuǒlún shǒuqiāng)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Chinese Mandarin :
左輪 /左轮
(zuǒlún)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Crimean Tatar :
revolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Czech :
revolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Dutch :
revolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Esperanto :
revolvero
— handgun with revolving chambers
Estonian :
revolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Finnish :
revolveri
— handgun with revolving chambers
French :
revolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
German :
Revolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
German :
Drehpistole
— handgun with revolving chambers
German :
Trommelpistole
— handgun with revolving chambers
Greek :
περίστροφο
(perístrofo)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Hebrew :
אֶקְדָּח
(ekdakh)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Hungarian :
revolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Hunsrik :
Rëvolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Icelandic :
marghleypt skammbyssa
— handgun with revolving chambers
Indonesian :
repolper
— handgun with revolving chambers
Indonesian :
pistol
— handgun with revolving chambers
Irish :
gunnán
— handgun with revolving chambers
Italian :
rivoltella
— handgun with revolving chambers
Italian :
revorbaro
— handgun with revolving chambers
Italian :
revolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Italian :
pistola a tamburo
— handgun with revolving chambers
Italian :
pistola a rotazione
— handgun with revolving chambers
Italian :
pistola a ripetizione
— handgun with revolving chambers
Italian :
pistola a cilindro
— handgun with revolving chambers
Japanese :
リボルバー
(riborubā)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Kalmyk :
пистул
(pistul)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Kankanaey :
taliboko
— handgun with revolving chambers
Kazakh :
алтыатар
(altyatar)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Kazakh :
револьвер
(revolver)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Korean :
리볼버
(ribolbeo)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Latvian :
revolveris
— handgun with revolving chambers
Lithuanian :
revolveris
— handgun with revolving chambers
Malay :
revolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Maltese :
rivolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Māori :
pū hurihuri
— handgun with revolving chambers
Marathi :
रिव्हॉलव्हर
(rivhŏlavhar)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Papiamentu :
revòlver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Persian :
هفتتیر
(haft-tir)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Persian :
رولور
(revolver)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Plautdietsch :
Rewolwa
— handgun with revolving chambers
Polish :
rewolwer
— handgun with revolving chambers
Polish :
bębenkowiec
— handgun with revolving chambers
Portuguese :
revólver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Romanian :
revolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Romanian :
револвер
(revolver)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Russian :
револьве́р
(revolʹvér)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Russian :
нага́н
(nagán)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Scottish Gaelic :
daga-cuairt
— handgun with revolving chambers
Serbo-Croatian :
револвер
— handgun with revolving chambers
Serbo-Croatian :
revolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Spanish :
revólver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Spanish :
mitigüeso
— handgun with revolving chambers
Spanish :
mitihueso
— handgun with revolving chambers
Spanish :
mistihueso
— handgun with revolving chambers
Swedish :
revolver
— handgun with revolving chambers
Tagalog :
rebolber
— handgun with revolving chambers
Turkish :
altıpatlar
— handgun with revolving chambers
Ukrainian :
револьве́р
(revolʹvér)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Urdu :
ریوالور
(rewalwor)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Yiddish :
רעוואָלווער
(revolver)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Yiddish :
שפּײַער
(shpayer)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Yiddish :
נאַגאַן
(nagan)
— handgun with revolving chambers
Zulu :
volovolo
— handgun with revolving chambers
