| Main Entry: | pistol |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | revolver |
Synonyms: |
Saturday night special, firearm, forty-five, gun, handgun, piece*, rod, six-shooter, thirty-eight |
| Main Entry: | dynamo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | go-getter |
Synonyms: |
achiever, ball of fire, bundle of energy, busy person, doer, eager beaver, energetic person, fireball, generator, hard worker, hot shot, live wire, mover and shaker, pistol, risk-taker, spark plug, whiz kid |
| Main Entry: | eager beaver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | industrious person |
Synonyms: |
active person, aholic, ambitious person, ball of fire, beaver, busy bee, busy bee, busy person, doer, dynamo, fireball, go-getter, hot shot, live wire, live wire, no slouch, pistol, self-starter, sharpy, spark plug, workhorse |
| Main Entry: | faculty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, skill |
Synonyms: |
adroitness, aptitude, aptness, bent, capability, capacity, cleverness, dexterity, facility, flair, forte, genius, gift, instinct, intelligence, knack, knowing way around, leaning, nose*, peculiarity, penchant, pistol, power, predilection, proclivity, propensity, property, quality, readiness, reason, right stuff, sense, strength, talent, turn, what it takes, wits |
| Notes: | a facility is a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry or a skillful performance or ability without difficulty; faculty is one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind or the body of teachers and administrators at a school |
Antonyms: |
inability, incompetence, ineptness, lack, need |
| Main Entry: | firearm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gun |
Synonyms: |
handgun, heat*, musket, pistol, revolver, rifle, shotgun, weapon |
| Main Entry: | gun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | weapon that shoots |
Synonyms: |
9 mm., Saturday-night special, Uzi, blaster, cannon, difference*, equalizer, flintlock, forty-five, handgun, hardware, howitzer, magnum, mortar, musket, ordnance, peashooter, persuader, piece*, pistol, revolver, rifle, rod, shotgun, thirty-eight |
| Main Entry: | humdinger |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something extraordinary |
Synonyms: |
ace, beauty, champ, champion, crackerjack*, doozy, hit, hot stuff, knockout, lulu, pip, pistol, smash hit, something, something else, whopper, winner |
| Main Entry: | weapon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm, armament |
Synonyms: |
ammunition, anlace, arbalest, archery, arrow, assegai, atlatl, ax, axe, backsword, ballista, banderilla, barong, bat, baton, battle-ax, bayonet, bazooka, billy club, blackjack, blade, blowgun, bludgeon, bomb, boomerang, bow and arrow, bowie knife, brass knuckles, cannon, catapult, cleaver, club, crossbow, cudgel, cutlass, dagger, dart, dirk, firearm, flamethrower, gun, harpoon, hatchet, howitzer, hunting knife, knife, lance, machete, machine gun, missile, musket, nerve gas, nuclear bomb, nunchaku, pistol, revolver, rifle, saber, scythe, shotgun, slingshot, spear, spike, stiletto, switchblade, sword, tear gas |
| Main Entry: | Saturday night special |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inexpensive handgun |
Synonyms: |
cheap handgun, firearm, handgun, pistol, revolver, rod, six-shooter |
| Main Entry: | heater |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | device which heats |
Synonyms: |
boiler, convector, etna, fastball, furnace, gat, oven, pistol, radiator, stove |