a gun, especially one fired from shoulder level, having a long spirally grooved barrel intended to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance
make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore) to make a bullet spin and thereby have greater accuracy over a long distance
a bird of paradise, the male of which has mainly velvety-black plumage and a display call that sounds like a whistling bullet
a rifle that discharges a bullet at high speed and is used in big-game hunting
a type of gun microphone with several parallel tubes of different lengths in front of the diaphragm to enhance its directional focus
a national organization founded in 1871 that promotes the legal use of guns and gun safety in the US and defends a US citizen’s constitutional right to own and bear arms
a gun adapted for firing at short range
a bolt-action rifle of a type formerly used by the British army
a gas-operated automatic rifle, typically fired from a bipod