gas gunn.

Brit.

/ˈɡas ˌɡʌn/, U.S.

/ˈɡæs ˈɡən/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gas n.¹, gun n.

Etymology: < gas n.¹ + gun n.

1. A gun in which the expansion of compressed gas is used to propel a bullet or other missile. Cf. air gun n., wind-gun n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > other small arms

long gun1530

currier1558

crabut1626

long arm1675

bullet-guna1701

hand cannon1752

wall-gun1812

walking-stick gun1823

shoulder gun1824

safety gun1825

gas gun1856

self-cocker1857

bolt action1871

snap action gun1875

saddle gun1886

multibarrel1899

dane gun1900

clip-loader1901

pump-action1923

sleeve gun1944

laser gun1961

phaser1966

magnum1970

1856 Young Amer. 1 34/1 A large fleet of war balloons..ran foul of an immense gas-gun, one of the infernal machines lately invented by Prof. Seward Smith.

1890 Chambers's Jrnl. 8 Nov. 720/2 When the Gas Gun was lately tried in London, the apparatus was adapted to small saloon rifles only.

1916 National Mag. 44 312/1 A breech-loading gas gun is one of the latest weapons which the sportsman is called upon to admire and purchase.

1962 Daily Tel. 15 Nov. 1/7 A liquid or powder had been sprayed over them from a ‘gas gun’.

2004 S. N. Koppes Killer Rocks from Outer Space ii. 28 He was using a gas gun to test how much damage tiny meteorites would cause if they hit a spacecraft.

†2. A signalling device in which sound is produced by the explosion of gas in a pipe, used to give guidance to ships in conditions of poor visibility. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > fog warning devices

fog signal1759

foghorn1819

gas gun1874

diaphone1906

1874 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 10 June 2/6 New system of fog signals... Gas gun, followed by gunpowder gun.

1880 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 17 Dec. 70/1 A gas gun may be fixed at the water's edge, or on a rock in the sea, at half a mile from the loading and firing station.

3. A gun for firing (cartridges of) poisonous gas, esp. tear gas.

ΚΠ

1919 A. B. Reeve & J. W. Grey Master Myst. xxv. 301 Quentin..showed the new gas-gun he had invented and explained its deadly properties.

1931 Amer. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 2 28 Three to fifteen gas guns connected together electrically..will immediately discharge an incapacitating cloud of gas directly toward the space in which a bandit would normally stand.

1971 N. Amer. Rev. Winter 55/1 He took her arm, but she jerked away and pulled a gas gun on him.

2003 Pop. Sci. Oct. 10/1 The answer to stopping prison violence is not better gas guns or riot gear.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	gas gun
释义	gas gunn. Brit. /ˈɡas ˌɡʌn/, U.S. /ˈɡæs ˈɡən/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: gas n.¹, gun n. Etymology: < gas n.¹ + gun n. 1. A gun in which the expansion of compressed gas is used to propel a bullet or other missile. Cf. air gun n., wind-gun n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] > other small arms long gun1530 currier1558 crabut1626 long arm1675 bullet-guna1701 hand cannon1752 wall-gun1812 walking-stick gun1823 shoulder gun1824 safety gun1825 gas gun1856 self-cocker1857 bolt action1871 snap action gun1875 saddle gun1886 multibarrel1899 dane gun1900 clip-loader1901 pump-action1923 sleeve gun1944 laser gun1961 phaser1966 magnum1970 1856 Young Amer. 1 34/1 A large fleet of war balloons..ran foul of an immense gas-gun, one of the infernal machines lately invented by Prof. Seward Smith. 1890 Chambers's Jrnl. 8 Nov. 720/2 When the Gas Gun was lately tried in London, the apparatus was adapted to small saloon rifles only. 1916 National Mag. 44 312/1 A breech-loading gas gun is one of the latest weapons which the sportsman is called upon to admire and purchase. 1962 Daily Tel. 15 Nov. 1/7 A liquid or powder had been sprayed over them from a ‘gas gun’. 2004 S. N. Koppes Killer Rocks from Outer Space ii. 28 He was using a gas gun to test how much damage tiny meteorites would cause if they hit a spacecraft. †2. A signalling device in which sound is produced by the explosion of gas in a pipe, used to give guidance to ships in conditions of poor visibility. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > buoys, marks, or lighthouses > [noun] > fog warning devices fog signal1759 foghorn1819 gas gun1874 diaphone1906 1874 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 10 June 2/6 New system of fog signals... Gas gun, followed by gunpowder gun. 1880 Jrnl. Soc. Arts 17 Dec. 70/1 A gas gun may be fixed at the water's edge, or on a rock in the sea, at half a mile from the loading and firing station. 3. A gun for firing (cartridges of) poisonous gas, esp. tear gas. ΚΠ 1919 A. B. Reeve & J. W. Grey Master Myst. xxv. 301 Quentin..showed the new gas-gun he had invented and explained its deadly properties. 1931 Amer. Jrnl. Polit. Sci. 2 28 Three to fifteen gas guns connected together electrically..will immediately discharge an incapacitating cloud of gas directly toward the space in which a bandit would normally stand. 1971 N. Amer. Rev. Winter 55/1 He took her arm, but she jerked away and pulled a gas gun on him. 2003 Pop. Sci. Oct. 10/1 The answer to stopping prison violence is not better gas guns or riot gear. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1856
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