roscoe

noun

Definition of roscoenext
slang
as in revolver

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for roscoe
  1. revolver
  2. pistol
  3. derringer
  4. handgun
  5. gun
  6. six-shooter
  7. shotgun
  8. forty-five
Noun
  • Police reportedly found a Taurus .38 special revolver, ammunition for multiple firearms, a high capacity magazine and drug paraphernalia during the search and arrested Jorge Bittar-Rivera, 46, of Waterbury.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Ghost guns can be pistols, revolvers, rifles, shotguns, machineguns and more.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of revolver
Noun
  • Altoona police found the polymer pistol affixed with a metal slide and threaded barrel in Mangione’s backpack, according to the criminal complaint.
    Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The pistol was loaded with a Glock magazine containing six nine-millimeter full metal jacket rounds.
    Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of pistol
Noun
  • One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.
    Brian Matthew Jordan, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
  • This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.
    Armond White, National Review, 3 Nov. 2023
Definition of derringer
Noun
  • The teen is alleged to have opened fire with a handgun in a study hall at the school, killing a staffer and student and injuring six others before turning her weapon on herself.
    KC Baker, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • As seen in the video, an officer uses his handgun to shoot Hermosillo, who is then seen running into a bedroom and shouting.
    Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of handgun
Noun
  • The guns were sawed into pieces and turned into scrap metal, prompting outrage from the trade association National Shooting Sports Foundation and the National Rifle Association.
    Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Someone has to create and refine those design files to make the resulting guns function better and fit comfortably in a shooter’s hand.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of gun
Noun
  • That’s because the six-shooter is a good approximation for a generic abstraction of a handgun.
    Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2024
  • Towering over the Max Motors car lot is a giant gunslinger in the sky, six-shooters drawn and in a bit of a bad mood, judging by his expression.
    EDWARD M. EVELD, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
Definition of six-shooter
Noun
  • After three straight drives in the second half without a first down, the Packers reeled off three in a row to start their next drive but still didn’t score on it after a shotgun run to Jacobs was stuffed well short on fourth and 2 from Seattle’s 39-yard line.
    Michael-Shawn Dugar, The Athletic, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The first Menendez brothers trial for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents Jose and Kitty resulted in a hung jury.
    Christine Pelisek, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of shotgun
Noun
  • For forty-five years, Tehran’s Shiite theocracy has heralded its political system as a model for all predominantly Muslim countries—and even beyond.
    Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
  • One hundred forty-five scores were eligible in the category.
    Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of forty-five
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“Roscoe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roscoe. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.

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