From hand + gun.
handgun (plural handguns)
- A small gun with a relatively short barrel, designed to be held and operated with a single hand.
2009 January 13, M. R. Kropko, “Video-game addiction rejected as defence”, in Toronto Star[1]:Petric used his father's key to open a lockbox and remove a 9mm handgun and the game.
2013, Tom Diaz, The Last Gun: How Changes in the Gun Industry are Killing Americans and what it Will Take to Stop it, page 166:A related design and marketing innovation has been the sale to civilians of “vest busters,” handguns specifically designed to penetrate body armor.
small, hand-held gun
- Arabic: مُسَدَّس m (musaddas), فَرْد (ar) m (fard)
- Moroccan Arabic: كابوس m (kābūs), فردي m (fardi)
- Armenian: ատրճանակ (hy) (atrčanak)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 短槍/短枪 (zh) (duǎnqiāng), 手槍/手枪 (zh) (shǒuqiāng)
- Danish: pistol (da) c, håndskydevåben n
- Dutch: vuistvuurwapen (nl) n
- Estonian: püstol, käsirelv
- Finnish: käsiase (fi), käsituliase (fi)
- French: arme de poing (fr) f pistolet (fr) m, revolver (fr) m
- Georgian: დამბაჩა (ka) (dambača), პისტოლეტი (ṗisṭoleṭi)
- German: Kurzwaffe f, Pistole (de) f, Revolver (de) m, Meuchelpuffer (de) m
- Greek: πιστόλι (el) n (pistóli), (revolver) περίστροφο (el) n (perístrofo)
- Hebrew: אקדח (he) m (ekdakh)
- Hungarian: kézifegyver (hu)
- Ingrian: pistoletti
- Japanese: 拳銃 (ja) (kenjū)
- Persian: تپانچه (fa) (tapânče)
- Portuguese: arma de fogo curta f, revólver (pt) m
- Russian: пистоле́т (ru) m (pistolét)
- Spanish: please add this translation if you can
- Tibetan: ལག་མདའ (lag mda')
- Welsh: llawddryll (cy) m
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