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SMOKING GUN

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Dictionary entry overview: What does smoking gun mean?

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

1. indisputable evidence (especially of a crime)

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

Dictionary entry details

• SMOKING GUN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Indisputable evidence (especially of a crime)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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

evidence (an indication that makes something evident)

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