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MINUTE GUN

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• MINUTE GUN (noun)
The noun MINUTE GUN has 1 sense:

1. (military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)

Familiarity information: MINUTE GUN used as a noun is very rare.

• MINUTE GUN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

(military) gun that is discharged once every minute (usually as part of a military funeral)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("minute gun" is a kind of...):

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

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