revolver
nounattested in dialogue
- United States//ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ//
A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
noun
- 1
A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
- 2
Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.
- 3
Synonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.
The debt is split between $6.5bn of term loans, as well as $6bn of senior and junior bonds and a $500mn revolver.
- 4
Also a form of revolveAgent noun of revolve; something that revolves.
Etymology
From revolve + -er, coined by American inventor Samuel Colt in 1835.
Forms
- plural
- revolvers
revolution · A political upheaval in a government or state characterized…revolutionary · Of or pertaining to a revolution in government; tending to,…Revolutionary · Chopin's 'Revolutionary Etude' Op. 10 no. 12.
revolver · A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
revving · The act by which an engine is revved.reward · Something of value given in return for an act.rewarding · Giving or resulting in reward or satisfaction.