revolver
part of speech
noun (a revolver, revolvers)
meaning for a pupil
A small gun (a pistol) with a turning cylinder holding several bullets. tree →
sense in the lessons
Met in history (Wild West, wars), detective stories and The Wind in the Willows, where Badger and the friends take weapons — pistols, cudgels and swords — to win back Toad Hall from the weasels. Safety: real guns are dangerous; if you ever see one, do not touch it, move away and tell an adult.
examples
- The cowboy carried a revolver on his belt. tree →
- A revolver holds six bullets in a turning cylinder. tree →
- The detective found a revolver in the drawer. tree →
- Badger armed the friends with pistols and cudgels. tree →
- If you find a gun, don't touch it — tell an adult. tree →
- Police in some countries carry revolvers. tree →
- There they await the onslaught, the inexperienced ones clutching their revolvers and treading on twigs, but the old hands sleeping tranquilly until just before the dawn. tree →
note
From «revolve» (to turn round), because the cylinder turns. Countable. Different from a rifle (long gun) and a pistol (a general word for a hand gun).
Trees and pragmatics
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