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Definition: Spring Gun |
Spring GunNoun1. A gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Spring GunSynonym: set gun (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Deception | Snare, trap, pitfall, decoy, gin; springe, springle; noose, hoot; bait, decoy-duck, tub to the whale, baited trap, guet-a-pens; cobweb, net, meshes, toils, mouse trap, birdlime; dionaea, Venus's flytrap; ambush; trapdoor, sliding panel, false bottom; spring-net, spring net, spring gun, mask, masked battery; mine; flytrap; green goods; panel house. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "spring gun"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Romanian | capcanã cu armã de foc. (various references) | |
Turkish | yaylı tüfek (crossbow). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-g-i-n-n-p-r-s-u" | |
-1 letter: purgings, spurning. | |
-2 letters: nursing, pruning, purging, pursing, surging. | |
-3 letters: inurns, pignus, purins, spring, sprung, spuing, unpins, unrigs, unrips, urging. | |
-4 letters: girns, grigs, grins, grips, inurn, pings, pirns, prigs, pungs, purin, puris, rings, ruing, ruins, rungs, sirup, sprig, sprug, spurn, suing, unpin, unrig, unrip, using. | |
-5 letters: gigs, gins, gips, girn, gnus, grig, grin, grip, guns, inns. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-g-i-n-n-p-r-s-u" | |
+2 letters: upbringings, upspringing. | |
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