SIDE ARM

Pronunciation (US):

• SIDE ARM (noun)
  The noun SIDE ARM has 1 sense:

1. a firearm that is held and fired with one hand

  Familiarity information: SIDE ARM used as a noun is very rare.

• SIDE ARM (noun)

Meaning:

A firearm that is held and fired with one hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

handgun; pistol; shooting iron; side arm

Hypernyms ("side arm" is a kind of...):

firearm; piece; small-arm (a portable gun)

Meronyms (parts of "side arm"):

gunstock; stock (the handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "side arm"):

automatic; automatic pistol (a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released)

Verey pistol; Very pistol (a pistol for firing Very-light flares)

semiautomatic; semiautomatic pistol (a pistol that is a semiautomatic firearm capable of loading and firing continuously)

Saturday night special (a cheap handgun that is easily obtained)

revolver; six-gun; six-shooter (a pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets))

peacekeeper (the pistol of a law officer in the old West)

horse pistol; horse-pistol (a large pistol (usually in a holster) formerly carried by horsemen)

gat; rod (a gangster's pistol)

forty-five (a .45-caliber pistol)

derringer (a pocket pistol of large caliber with a short barrel)

zip gun (a crude homemade pistol)