"grease gun" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-grease gun.wav [US] Forms: grease guns [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} grease gun (plural grease guns)
  1. A levered or plungered device for forcing grease into machinery. Wikidata QID: Q261501 Related terms: grease nipple, grease fitting, grease up Translations (device for forcing grease into machinery): maznice [feminine] (Czech), fedtpistol [common-gender] (Danish), rasvaprässi (Finnish), pompe à graisse [feminine] (French), gunney smarrey [masculine] (Manx)
    Sense id: en-grease_gun-en-noun-en:Q261501 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Tools Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Tools: 74 26 Disambiguation of 'device for forcing grease into machinery': 98 2
  2. (colloquial, due to its appearance) A submachine gun, particularly the .45 calibre M3 used by the US in World War II. Wikidata QID: Q178550 Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-grease_gun-en-noun-en:Q178550 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Manx translations, Firearms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Firearms: 16 84

Inflected forms

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