"hand cannon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hand cannons [plural]
Etymology: From hand + cannon. Etymology templates: {{af|en|hand|cannon}} hand + cannon Head templates: {{en-noun}} hand cannon (plural hand cannons)
  1. An early firearm requiring manual ignition through a touch hole. Categories (topical): Firearms Synonyms: gonne, handgonne Translations (early firearm): käsikanuuna (Finnish), Handkanone [feminine] (German), Handfeuerrohr [neuter] (German), rusznica [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-hand_cannon-en-noun-TXMAYKac Disambiguation of Firearms: 80 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'early firearm': 100 0
  2. (US, slang) A very large handgun, often impractically so. Tags: US, slang
    Sense id: en-hand_cannon-en-noun-WqUwN-hy Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: handcannon

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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