Firing Pin

  

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Firing Pin

Definition: Firing Pin

Firing Pin

Noun

1. Striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Crosswords: Firing Pin

Specialty definitions using "firing pin": alignerDROP TESTERPRESSURE-TEST OPERATORsighterToe Popper. (references)

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Modern Usage: Firing Pin

DomainUsage

Clever

Without the firing pin, the Grenade is not our friend. (references; author: unknown)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Firing Pin

DomainTitle

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Firing Pin

Illustrations:
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Firing Pin

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

firing pin

13
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Firing Pin

Language Translations for "firing pin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

gjilpërë me pushkës. (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏زناد (lock), ‏القادح. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

'針 . (various references)

   

Czech

  

úderník (shock worker). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

iskuri (hammer). (various references)

   

French

  

percuteur. (various references)

   

German

  

Schlagbolzen. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

επικρουστήρας. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gyújtószeg (firing needle), ütõszeg (hammer, needle, safety pin, striker). (various references)

   

Manx

  

freeney lhiggee. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

iringfay inpay.(various references)

   

Spanish

  

percutor, martillo (hammer, mart). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

horoz (chanticleer, rooster, striker). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Firing Pin

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "f-g-i-i-i-n-n-p-r"

-3 letters: fining, firing, pining, riping.

-4 letters: iring, piing.

-5 letters: firn, frig, girn, grin, grip, ping, pirn, prig, ring.

 Words containing the letters "f-g-i-i-i-n-n-p-r"
 

+4 letters: fingerpicking, presignifying.

 

+5 letters: fingerpickings, fingerprinting.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Translations: Modern
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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