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Definition: Six-shooter |
Six-shooterNoun1. A pistol with a revolving cylinder (usually having six chambers for bullets). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "six-shooter" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1891. (references) |
Synonyms: Six-shooterSynonyms: revolver (n), six-gun (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Arms | Small arms; musket, musketry, firelock, fowling piece, rifle, fusil, caliver, carbine, blunderbuss, musketoon, Brown Bess, matchlock, harquebuss, arquebus, haguebut; pistol, postolet; petronel; small bore; breach-loader, muzzle-loader; revolver, repeater; Minis rifle, Enfield rifle, Flobert rifle, Westley Richards rifle, Snider rifle, Martini-Henry rifle, Lee-Metford rifle, Lee-Enfield rifle, Mauser rifle, magazine rifle; needle gun, chassepot; wind gun, air gun; automatic gun, automatic pistol; escopet, escopette, gunflint, gun-lock; hackbut, shooter, shooting iron , six-shooter, shotgun; Uzzi, assault rifle, KalashnikoVerb: |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Ilsa, this is Cyclops, Blade, Dr, Death, Drill Sergeant, Pinhead, and Six-Shooter. (Retro Puppet Master; writing credit: Charles B; Benjamin Carr) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Six-Shooter Justice (1917) The Branded Six-Shooter (1913) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Six-shooter" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Six-shooter" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 66.67% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 33.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 3 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "six-shooter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | gjashtëshe. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | барабанлия с шест патрона. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 六射击者. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | šestihranovka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hatlövetű revolver (revolver with six chambers), hatlövetű pisztoly. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rivoltella a sei colpi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 여섯 사수. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gunn shey orraghey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ix-shootersay revólver de seis tiros. (various references) шестизарядный револьвер. (various references) revolver sa šest metaka. (various references) revólver de seis tiros. (various references) sexskjutare, sexpipig revolver. (various references) ปืนที่มีลูกโม่หกนั". (various references) altıpatlar (revolver, shooter). (various references) шестизарядний револьвер. (various references) súng sáu, súng lục (pistol). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "six-shooter" (pronounced 'Six"-shoot`er'): Acetifier, Acidifier, Aletaster, Almsgiver, Amplifier, Ant-eater, Anywhither, Armor-bearer, Backbiter, Backhander, Bagpiper, Ball-flower, Barkeeper, Barnburner, Barnstormer, Bartender, Base-burner, Basifier, Batfowler, Beaucatcher, Beautifier, Bedmaker, Bedswerver, Bee-eater, Beefeater, Bellwether, Benefiter, Birdcatcher, Blackmailer, Blacksalter, Bloodflower, Bloodsucker, Bogsucker, Bondholder, Bookbinder, Bookholder, Bookkeeper, Bookmaker, Bookseller, Bootmaker, Bottleholder, Boxkeeper, Boycotter, Breechloader, Brickfielder, Bricklayer, Brickmaker, Bull-roarer, Bushfighter, Bushwhacker. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-o-o-r-s-s-t-x" | |
-2 letters: hoisters, horsiest, orthoses, orthosis, reshoots, sheroots, shooters, shorties, soothers. | |
-3 letters: exhorts, heriots, hoister, hooters, hootier, horstes, hosiers, reshoot, rosiest, sheroot, shooter, shortie, soother, soothes, sootier, sorites, sorties, stories, trioses, tsooris, xerosis. | |
-4 letters: exhort, exists, heists, heriot, hisser, hoises, hoists, hooter, horses, horste, horsts, hosier, osiers, others, otiose, oxters, reshot, resist, rooses, roosts, rosets. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-o-o-r-s-s-t-x" | |
+4 letters: thyrotoxicoses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 69 78 2D 73 68 6F 6F 74 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101001 01111000 00101101 01110011 01101000 01101111 01101111 01110100 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S i x - s h o o t e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0069 0078 002D 0073 0068 006F 006F 0074 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5375901585748181867184 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, albán, albanese, 알"니아, Albaneagh, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bolgár, bulgaro, 불가리아, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kínai, cinese, 중국, Sheenish, Sheenagh, chinês, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, chino, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, cseh, ceco, 체", Sheckagh, Sheckish, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка, người Séc tiếng Séc |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, ชาวฮังการี, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, Iddaalish, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, ชาวอิตาลี, เกี่ยวกับอิตาลี, าษาอิตาลี, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, coreano, koreansk, ชาวเกาหลี, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, orosz, russo, 러시아, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, ชาวรัสเซีย, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk, เกี่ยวกับ าษาเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย, าษาหลักของชาวเซอร์เบียและโครเอเชีย |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, svéd, svedese, 스웨덴, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, เกี่ยวกับคน าษาและวั'นธรรมของประเทศสวีเ"น, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, tailandese, 타이 말, tailandês, tailandés, thailändare, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย, Tayland, Taylandlı, Tayland Dili, Tai Dili, Та"ць, Тайська Мова, Тайський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, 乌克兰, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrán, ucraino, Ookraanagh, Ookraanish, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець, người U-kren tiếng U-kren |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnami, vietnámi, 트남, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, в'"тнамець, в'"тнамський, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, angol, inglese, 영국, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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