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/ˈhændˌɡʌn/ · noun
A small gun with a relatively short barrel, designed to be held and operated with a single hand..
Petric used his father's key to open a lockbox and remove a 9mm handgun and the game.
A related design and marketing innovation has been the sale to civilians of “vest busters,” handguns specifically designed to penetrate body armor.
Use hand gun when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hand gun means A small gun with a relatively short barrel, designed to be held and operated with a single hand..
Common synonyms include pistol[Appendix:Glossary, pistol, shooting iron, side arm.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Petric used his father's key to open a lockbox and remove a 9mm handgun and the game.
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