Meaning of zip gun | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A crude homemade weapon that fires a projectile.
2. An EVA astronaut space maneuvering propulsion unit, a handheld gas jet device, connected to a reservoir.

Examples

“As pertaining to my idea of zip guns, we didn't use⟳ the old type⟳ of zip gun any more because they were too dangerous. That was just a pipe and a piece of wood and nail and rubber band.”

“The simplest zip gun seen by the author was a metal tube in which a .22 Magnum cartridge was inserted. It was fired by striking the protruding base⟳ of the cartridge with a hammer⟳.”

“During the interview, Flaco whips out a zip gun he's hidden beneath his testicles during the pat-down search⟳ prior to transfer⟳ to GID, and presents it to Detective Rydell.”

“. “Oh, so we got annuduh tough guy here,” he said, pulling out a gun from his leather jacket. It looked like⟳ a real gun, but who knew, maybe it was zip gun.”

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