Reverse Dictionary: GUN

ADJECTIVES
.M19 ► SHAM-DAMN of a firearm: of inferior quality; shoddy
..L19 ► PACKING carrying a gun or knife → sl., orig. US
..20C ► NAKED without a gun; without possessions or money; generally at a disadvantage → African-American sl.
..20C ► TOOLED UP equipped with a weapon, esp. a gun → sl.
1960 ► FAST-ROD said of one who is quick to use a gun → US sl.

INTERJECTIONS
1899 ► PRUT!  representing the sound of a rifle shot

NOUNS
..16C ► PIECE a gun
1548 ► ORGAN firearms of more or less elaborate construction, machine-guns, etc. → obs.
1550 ► CANE OF FIRE a gun or firearm → obs.
1577 ► SALVE  discharge of firearms → obs.
1588 ► SNAPHANCE an early form of flint-lock used in muskets and pistols
1611 ► LEVEL the ‘sight’ of a gun → obs.
1633 ► FALSE FIRE a blank discharge of firearms → obs.
1641 ► DAG a gun or pistol, a handgun → Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
1649 ► MUSKETADE an attack with muskets; heavy musket fire → obs.
1650 ► MUSIC the sound of gunfire or other ordnance → sl., chiefly military usage
1663 ► GUN-SHOT a pistol
1676 ► PYROGRAPHY a discourse on firearms → obs.
1696 ► LONG ARM a carbine or musket → US
1699 ► KILL-DEVIL a gun → UK sl.
..18C ► CRACKER a pistol → sl.
.M18 ► LEAD TOWEL a pistol → sl.
.M18 ► POPPER a pistol, a gun → sl.
1751 ► CRACKER a pistol → sl., obs.
1778 ► BLAZING IRON a gun → US
1787 ► NAIL the trigger of a gun → Sc.
1791 ► BARKING IRON a pistol → Ireland cant
1796 ► RATCH the lock of a musket → Sc. obs.
..E19 ► ARTICLES a brace of pistols → sl.
..E19 ► BOW-WOW a gun → sl.
1801 ► FUSILLADE a simultaneous discharge of firearms; a wholesale execution by this means
1809 ► QUAKER GUN a dummy gun in a ship or fort → US
1812 ► BUFFER a pistol → sl.
1815 ► BARKER a pistol → sl.
1821 ► ARTILLERY a handgun or handguns; firearms of any kind; broadly, weapons of any kind → Amer. sl.
1823 ► OLD WOMAN a swivel-mounted deck gun → US Navy sl.
1824 ► VIZZY the sight on the barrel of a gun → Sc.
1827 ► REPORTER a duelling pistol → Irish sl.
1832 ► BESSIE → BESSY a gun; often applied to one’s favourite gun → sl., orig. US
1832 ► BETSEY → BETSY a gun; often applied to one’s favourite gun → sl., orig. US
1832 ► OLD BETSY one’s favourite gun; a shotgun or rifle → sl., orig. US
1833 ► QUEEN ANNE an old-fashioned gun; a long barrel, big bore gun → Sc.
1834 ► MANNING-PIECE a gun → jocular usage
1836 ► IRON a pistol → sl.
1838 ► NEB the muzzle-point of a gun → Sc.
1840 ► FLUTE a pistol → 1840 sl.
1840 ► SHOOTER a revolver → sl.
1840 ► YAGER a rifle → US
1845 ► MOSQUITO a musket → Amer. jocular usage
1849 ► LONG TOM a long-barrelled gun, esp. one with a large bore → Amer. dial.
1849 ► SMOKE POLE a firearm → Amer. dial.
1849 ► THUNGE a loud, hollow sound; the report of a gun, or of a loud peal of thunder; a heavy blow or fall producing such a sound → Eng. dial.
.M19 ► MISTER SPEAKER → MR.SPEAKER a revolver, a pistol → sl.
.M19 ► ONE-EYED SCRIBE a revolver, a pistol → US sl.
.M19 ► POPS pocket-pistols → sl.
.M19 ► RAM AND DAM → RAM AND DAMN a muzzle-loading gun → sl.
.M19 ► SAW a saw-handled pistol → US sl.
.M19 ► SAW-HANDLE a saw-handled pistol → US sl.
1850 ► LIGHTNING STOCK a rifle → US sl.
1869 ► MEAT-IN-THE-POT a nickname for a firearm → Amer. dial.
1887 ► COFFEE MILL a revolver → Amer. dial.
1889 ► BLACK-EYED SUSAN a revolver → US sl.
1889 ► BLUE LIGHTNING a revolver → Amer. dial.
1891 ► SMOKE-WAGON a gun → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1895 ► OLD BESS a gun → Eng. dial.
1895 ► OLD BESSIE → OLD BESSY a shotgun or rifle → Eng. & Amer. dial.
1895 ► OLD EMILY a gun → Eng. dial.
1897 ► GAS-PIPE a jocular term for a gun of inferior quality
1897 ► GAT → GATT a gun, esp. a pistol; in the Royal Air Force, a rifle → US sl.
1898 ► BLACK DOG a gun → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 ► BLOT the report of a gun or pistol → Eng. dial.(Bk.)
1898 ► PRUT the sound of a rifle shot
1898 ► WOODPECKER a machinegun → Aust. & US military sl.
..L19 ► BROOMSTICK a gun or rifle → Can. sl.
..L19 ► BULLDOSER → BULLDOZER a large pistol → US sl.
1899 ► BRITCH the breech of a gun → Amer. dial.
..20C ► BURP GUN an automatic pistol → US colloq.
..20C ► CHILLER a gun → Amer. sl.
..20C ► LADY OF BRISTOL a pistol → rhyming sl., orig. Aust.
..20C ► MUCK-STICK a musket, a rifle → Royal Navy sl.
..20C ► SNUG a small revolver that can be concealed easily → US criminals’ sl.
..E20 ► GRUEL-STICK a rifle → military sl.
1900 ► BALLAST a gun → US sl.
1900 ► GARRET the barrel of a gun → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► IRONMONGER firearms collectively → sl.
1903 ► ROD a pistol, a revolver → sl., chiefly US
1905 ► POP-SQUIRT any kind of squirt gun → Amer. dial.
1905 ► SHOOTING-IRON a rifle or revolver → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► SIX-SHOOTER a revolver with six chambers → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1906 ► BOM the sound caused by the discharge of a gun, less deep and sonorous than a ‘boom’
1907 ► OLD MEAT-IN-THE-POT a nickname for a firearm → Amer. dial.
1907 ► SMOKE-STICK a gun → Amer. dial.
1910 ► DISSOLVER a revolver → Aust. sl.
1910 ► MAGGIE an automatic pistol → US criminals’ sl.
1911 ► FIRE-IRON a gun → Amer. dial.
1913 ► CUTTER a revolver → Amer. sl.
1914 ► CANISTER a firearm → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1914 ► CANNON a revolver → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1914 ► ROSCOE a gun, esp. a pistol or revolver → US sl.
1915 ► ARCHIE in World War I: an anti-aircraft gun firing shrapnel; originally applied to those used by the Germans
1915 ► BARNDOOK a gun; a rifle →  World War I US sl.
1915 ► BIG BOY a large gun, generally of an eight-inch bore or more →  World War I US sl.
1915 ► BONDOOK → BUNDOOK a rifle → World War I Amer. sl.
1915 ► LONG TOM  a French 155-mm rifle → World War I Amer. sl.
1915 ► RIVETER a machine gun → World War I Amer. sl.
1915 ► SILENT PERCY a type of German high-velocity gun, and its shell → World War I military usage
1915 ► SILENT SUSAN a type of German high-velocity gun, and its shell → World War I military usage
1915 ► TRENCH BROOM a machine gun → World War I Amer. sl.
1915 ► TYPEWRITER a machinegun → sl.
1917 ► HIPE a rifle → army sl.
1917 ► SCRAPE-FIRE a flintlock firearm → Amer. dial.
1920 ► BAD NEWS a shotgun or revolver → sl., orig. US
1920 ► BELLY GUN a small gun that is most effective when fired at short range, esp. when aimed at a victim’s abdomen → sl., orig. US
1920 ► CHICAGO LIGHTNING gunfire → US sl.
1920 ► SAWED-OFF a sawn-off shotgun → US sl.
1921 ► BLOWPIPE a rifle → Amer. dial.
1922 ► LEAD-PUSHER a pistol → US West. sl.
1922 ► NOISE TOOL a firearm → Amer. jocular usage
1923 ► BRITCH-LOADER a shotgun → Amer. dial.
1923 ► TARGET a small-bore rifle → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1926 ► BURNER a handgun → US sl.
1927 ► LEAD-SPITTER a firearm → Amer. sl.
1927 ► OWL’S HEAD a kind of usually inexpensive revolver frequently having a finger hole in the grip allowing it to be used in addition as a ‘knuckle duster’ → Amer. sl.
1927 ► SMOKE-STICK a gun → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1929 ► CHOPPER a tommy gun or machine gun → Amer. sl.
1929 ► HEAT a gun → sl., orig. US
1929 ► HEATER a gun → sl., orig. US
1929 ► SATURDAY NIGHT PISTOL a cheap handgun of the type used by petty criminals → sl.
1929 ► SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL a cheap handgun of the type used by petty criminals → sl.
1930 ► CHATTERGUN a machinegun or sub-machinegun → sl.
1930 ► WAGON a revolver → US criminals’ sl.
1934 ► ANGEL-MAKER a device that can inflict death, such as a dangerous vehicle or a gun → Amer. sl.
1935 ► BOLIVAR a pistol or revolver → US criminals’ sl.
1936 ► POKE STALK → POLK STALK a shotgun or rifle → Amer. dial.
1936 ► SHEEP LEG a handgun → Amer. dial.
1938 ► JOHN ROSCOE a gun, esp. a pistol or revolver → US sl.
1938 ► TOOL a weapon, esp. a gun → criminals’ sl.
1940 ► CAT-AND-RAT RIFLE a small-calibre rifle → Amer. dial.
1940 ► CHICAGO PIANO a Thompson sub-machinegun, which achieved notoriety as the preferred weapon of the Chicago gangsters in the 1920s and later → US sl.
1940 ► SAWYER a sawn-off shotgun → US criminals’ sl.
1942 ► BEANSHOOTER a shotgun; a six-chambered fireman, esp. a revolver → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BIG ROD a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BIG STICK a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BLOWGUN a short-barrelled shotgun or a large-barrelled pistol → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BLUNDERBUSS a sawed-off shotgun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► BONE-CRUSHER a heavy rifle → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► CHATTERER a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► COFFEE MILL a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► DEATH ORGAN a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► DEWEY → DOOEY a revolver → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► EMMA GEE a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► GOOSE GUN a sawed-off shotgun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► GOSSIPING LAD a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► GRIND-ORGAN a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► HOGLEG a six-chambered firearm, esp. a revolver → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► HOSE a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► LAWN MOWER a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► LONEY GUN a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► LONG a rifle → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► LONG-CUT-SHORT a sawed-off shotgun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► LONG ROD a rifle → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► MACHINE GAT a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► M.G. a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► MINCING MACHINE a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► MOWING MACHINE a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► OWLHEAD a kind of usually inexpensive revolver frequently having a finger hole in the grip allowing it to be used in addition as a ‘knuckle duster’ → Amer. sl.
1942 ► PEA-SHOOTER a rifle; a firearm, esp. one so called by a person who scorns its small calibre → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PEPPER-GUN a shotgun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PEPPER POT a revolver → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► POM-POM a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► POP-POP a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PUFF BOX a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► PUTT-PUTT a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► RAT-A-TAT a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► RATTLE a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► RATTLEBOX a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► RATTLER a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► RATTLESNAKE a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► REVULVER a revolver → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SCATTER-GUN a shotgun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SHOOTING STICK a rifle → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SHO-SHO a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SIXER a six-chambered fireman, esp. a revolver → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SIX-GUN a six-chambered fireman, esp. a revolver → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SIX-SHOT a six-chambered fireman, esp. a revolver → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SPEAKEASY a sawed-off shotgun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SPUTTERER a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► STEPPING SAM a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► STICK a rifle → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► STUTTERER a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► SUB-GUN a sub-machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TA-TA a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TATTOO NEEDLE a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TOMMY a sub-machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TOMMY-GUN a sub-machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TWO-PIPE SCATTER-GUN a double-barrelled shotgun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► TYPER a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► UKELELE a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► VIOLIN a machine gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1943 ► THE MAHOSKA → THE MAHOSKER anything illicit or necessarily secret; anything conferring power; a weapon or an item of contraband; a pistol or revolver → Amer. sl.
1944 ► ACK-ACK a machine gun → services’ sl. (Bk.)
1944 ► ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUN a machine gun → services’ sl. (Bk.)
1944 ► BARKER a big artillery gun → services’ sl. (Bk.)
1944 ► BOOM BOOM any small arm → Amer. services’ sl. (Bk.)
1944 ► CHATTERBOX a machine gun → services’ sl. (Bk.)
1944 ► SHOT GUN a machine gun → services’ sl. (Bk.)
1945 ► BLOOMERS gun covers → World War II Amer. navy sl.
1945 ► BLOTTER MACHINE a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHATTER OF THE GUNS gunfire; a bombardment → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHICAGO ATOMIZER an automatic rifle → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHICAGO BANJO a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHICAGO BLOTTER a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHICAGO CHATTERBOX a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHICAGO CHOPPER a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHICAGO COFFEE-GRINDER a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHICAGO GRIND-ORGAN a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHICAGO MOWING-MACHINE a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHICAGO RIVETER a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHICAGO TOMMY a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHICAGO TYPEWRITER a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► CHICAGO VIOLIN a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► COFFEE GRINDER a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► COUGHING CLARA a heavy artillery gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1945 ► DEVIL’S PIANO a machine gun → World War II Amer. sl.
1946 ► BURP GUN an automatic pistol; a submachine gun → US colloq.
1949 ► HUSH-EM a silencer attached to a handgun → US sl.
1949 ► OSCAR a handgun → US sl.
1950 ► ALLEY-CLEANER a riot gun, usually a shotgun with a wide blast and thus used to disperse a mob → US sl.
1950 ► SLIM a handgun → US sl.
1951 ► SHEEP’S LEG a handgun → Amer. dial.
1953 ► QUAD-FIFTY a quadruple mount .50 calibre machine gun, a devastating truck-drawn trailer-mounted weapon → US sl.
1957 ► HULL an empty pistol cartridge case → US sl.
1957 ► MAGGIE  any revolver that fires a cartridge that is more powerful than standard ammunition → US sl.
1959 ► OLD SMOKY a pistol; a shotgun → Amer. dial.
1960 ► ACTION PIECE a pistol, a revolver, a shotgun → African-American sl.
1960 ► ACTION a revolver → US sl.
1960 ► MEAT-GUN a rifle or shotgun → Amer. dial.
1962 ► VENTILATOR a machine gun → US sl.
1965 ► PUNKIN SLINGER a rifle → Amer. dial.
1965 ► SMOKE-STACK a gun → Amer. dial.
1966 ► LONG JOHN a shotgun → Amer. dial.
1966 ► OLD JOHN a shotgun → Amer. dial.
1966 ► SCATTER-BARREL a shotgun → Amer. dial.
1967 ► JANIE a nickname for a shotgun → Amer. dial.
1968 ► BELLY-BUSTER a shotgun → Amer. dial.
1968 ► BUSTER a shotgun → Amer. dial.
1968 ► FIRE STICK a rifle → Amer. dial.
1968 ► FIRING IRON a rifle → Amer. dial.
1968 ► FIRING STICK a rifle → Amer. dial.
1968 ► JENNY a rifle → Amer. dial.
1968 ► LADY FROM BRISTOL a pistol → rhyming sl.
1968 ► MEAT-GETTER a rifle; a shotgun → Amer. dial.
1968 ► SHOULDER-BUSTER a shotgun → Amer. dial.
1969 ► BUBBLE GUN a shotgun → Amer. dial.
1969 ► RAG MOUTH a muzzle-loading rifle → Amer. dial.
1970 ► AK the AK-47 automatic or semi-automatic assault weapon → African-American sl.
1970 ► BIG TOTER a shotgun → Amer. dial.
1970 ► BLOWER a shotgun → Amer. dial.
1970 ► CAPPING gunfire → sl., orig. African-American
1970 ► HOTLOAD a powerful firearm cartridge → US sl.
1970 ► MAG a magnum pistol → Amer. sl.
1970 ► POM-POM a pump-action shotgun → US criminals’ sl.
1972 ► AUTO-GETEM the setting on a rifle for fully automatic fire; automatic weapons fire; ‘automatic fire gets ’em → US military sl.
1974 ► NOISE a gun → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1975 ► BANG-BANG a gun → US sl. (Bk.)
1975 ► BLOW a gun → US criminals’ sl.
1976 ► P-38 a police-issue .38 calibre revolver → US sl.
1977 ► E-DEUCE an M-14 automatic rifle → US sl.
1980 ► QWASHA a homemade gun, made from piping, springs, and rubber tubing → S. Afr. sl.
1980 ► SHOTTIE a shotgun → NZ sl.
1981 ► SNUBBIE → SNUBBY a short-barrelled pistol → UK sl.
1982 ► HUSH PUPPY a Smith and Wesson 9 mm pistol; the silencer attached to the pistol → US sl.
1982 ► MA DEUCE a Browning M-2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun → Amer. sl.
1982 ► MAD MOLLY the M-60 machine gun → Amer. Army sl.
1982 ► PLINKER an airgun or other cheap low-calibre firearm → sl.
1985 ► BRITCH the large end of a musket → US (Bk.)
1985 ► SIXTEEN an M-16 rifle → US sl.
1989 ► BUFFALO GUN a large calibre gun → US Korean war usage
1990 ► BARREL a gun → US sl.
1990 ► FIREFIGHT a gun battle, esp. on the streets or in an alley; used in rap songs → African-American sl.
1990 ► IRISH KARATE the use of a shotgun → Aust. sl.
1990 ► MAC a Mac-10 machine pistol → sl.
1990 ► MACHINERY a revolver, a pistol → sl.
1990 ► PENNY-NICKLE-NICKLE an M-114 155-mm howitzer → US sl.
1990 ► POP NINE a 9mm pistol → sl.
1990 ► POP-OFF the act of reaching for a firearm → W. Indies sl.
1990 ► POP-POP the noise of a gun being fired → African-American teen sl.
1990 ► RAINCOAT an Ingram Mac-10 machine pistol → UK criminals’ sl.
1990 ► SMITHY a firearm manufactured by Smith & Wesson → US criminals’ sl.
1990 ► THE TUBE a police shotgun → US police sl.
1992 ► HOT CROSS BUN a gun → UK rhyming sl.
1992 ► PHIL → PHIL THE FLUTER a gun → UK rhyming slang for ‘shooter’
1993 ► STEEL a pistol → US sl.
1995 ► BAGAZA a gun, esp. a handgun → S. Afr. sl.
1995 ► GONG a gun → US sl.
1995 ► MACHINE a machine gun → US sl.
1997 ► FLAMER a gun → African-American sl.
1999 ► M AND M a 9mm pistol → US sl.
2000 ► BLAST a gun → UK sl.
2000 ► METAL a pistol, a revolver, a gun → sl.
2002 ► PAIR OF NOSTRILS a sawn-off shotgun → UK sl.
2003 ► BUCKY a gun → Black British sl.
2006 ► BURNER a gun; a pistol → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► CHUNK a gun considered as a chunk of iron → US criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► DEUCE-DEUCE a .22-caliber pistol → US street sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► EQUALIZER a gun; a pistol → US sl. (Bk.)
2006 ► FO-FO a .44 calibre pistol → US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1463 ► GUNNER one who makes or attends to guns; a gunmaker, a gunsmith → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1593 ► HOTSHOT a person who is eager to shoot with a firearm; a reckless or hot-headed person → obs.
1753 ► GUNNER one who shoots with a sporting gun or fowling piece
1766 ► GUNSMAN one armed with a gun; one who shoots with a gun
1840 ► YOUNG GUN a young person who uses a gun; also, a person who is inexperienced in the use of guns
1855 ► BADMAN a desperado, an outlaw, a gunman; a violent or ruthless criminal; a villain → chiefly US
1894 ► GUNNIST a gunner
1899 ► HIP-SHOOTER a person who fires a gun held near the hip, without taking proper aim, typically in order to shoot quickly → orig. & chiefly US
1905 ► PISTOL-TOTER one who habitually carries a pistol → Amer. dial.
1924 ► GAT-TOTER a gunman; a hired gunman → US criminals’ sl. 
1925 ► BEADER one who uses a handgun → criminals’ sl.
1928 ► GUN MOLL a woman who carries a gun; an armed woman → US sl.
1928 ► GUN-SLINGER a western gunfighter; an armed criminal → sl., chiefly US
1929 ► CHOPPER a gunman who uses a machine gun → Amer. criminals’ sl.
1929 ► RODMAN a gunman → sl., chiefly US
1929 ► TORPEDO a gunman, esp. a hired killer → US criminals’ sl.
1930 ► GAT a gunman → US criminals’ sl.
1935 ► BLASTER a gun; a gunman → Amer. sl.
1935 ► TRIGGER → TRIGGER MAN a gunman or a hired thug or bodyguard → US criminals’ sl.
1942 ► GUNSEL a young gunman; a hired thug; a hoodlum → US sl.
1943 ► GUNSHEL → GUNTZEL → GUNZEL → GUNZL a gunman or armed thug → US sl.
1945 ► BIG STICK WIELDER a machine gunner → criminals’ sl. (Bk.)
1945 ► HIRED KILLER a gunman who leases his services to a less courageous man to remove an enemy → US Western sl. (Bk.)
1949 ► HEAT-PACKER a gunman; an armed gangster → criminals’ sl.
1957 ► GUNNY a gun enthusiast; a proponent of gun possession → US sl.
1957 ► PAPER-PUNCHER a handgun target shooter → US sl.
1975 ► WIDOW-MAKER a gunman → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
2000 ► POPPER a gunman → sl.
2002 ► SHUTTER a gunman → UK prison sl.

VERBS
1812 ► FLASH ONE’S STICKS to expose one’s pistols → sl.
1816 ► FUSILLADE to shoot down persons by a simultaneous discharge of firearms
1823 ► FLASH THE MUZZLE to produce a pistol → sl.
1833 ► RAISE THE REEK to fire a gun → Sc.
.M19 ► TAKE A POP AT to fire a gun, to shoot at → sl.
1860 ► COP to place a percussion cup in a musket so that it can be fired without delay → US Civil War usage
1891 ► FAN to strike the hammer of a revolver repeatedly and rapidly with the side of the free hand so as to fire several shots quickly; to fire a pistol in this manner → Amer. sl.
1898 ► POKE to aim a gun at a moving target before firing, as opposed to swinging and firing in one movement
..L19 ► PACK to carry a weapon, usually a gun or knife → sl., orig. US
..20C ► ROOSTER to cock a gun → US jocular euphemism for ‘cock’
1904 ► SCALE of a gun: to discharge it → Sc. (Bk.)
1911 ► BEND to cock a gun → Sc. (Bk.)
1913 ► CAP-BANG of a gun: to explode slowly → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1917 ► ARCHIE to fire at with an anti-aircraft gun
1920 ► PACK A HEATER to carry a gun → US sl.
1920 ► PACK A ROD to carry a gun → US sl.
1920 ► PACK HEAT to carry a gun → US sl.
1929 ► ROD UP to arm oneself with a gun → US sl.
1953 ► BUILD A SMOKE to produce smoke when firing a gun → Amer. dial.
1961 ► BUFFALO to strike on the head with the barrel of a gun → Amer. dial.
1970 ► CAP to fire a gun → sl., orig. African-American
1971 ► CARRY to carry a firearm → US sl.
1997 ► RACK to load a gun → US sl.