harquebus

noun

variants or arquebus
Definition of harquebusnext
as in musket

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for harquebus
  1. musket
  2. matchlock
  3. shotgun
  4. flintlock
  5. blunderbuss
  6. firearm
  7. pistol
  8. handgun
Noun
  • Some key finds were a 4,500-year-old projectile point, animal bones in fireplaces that revealed the soldiers’ diet, and lead drippings from a task usually assigned to the women of the encampments: pouring lead into molds to create musket balls.
    — Pamela Brown, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The musket ball was finally removed 17 years after Miller was wounded.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Definition of musket
Noun
  • First-generation matchlock rifles, tanks, and aircraft had major limitations but improved over time.
    — Paul Scharre, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2018
  • Guns are a part of American life, and have been since the very beginning, from the matchlock muskets arming the earliest colonies to the Colt revolvers and Winchester rifles of the Old West to the Glock handgun of today.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2018
Definition of matchlock
Noun
  • Titans head coach Brian Callahan worked with Joe Burrow, who likes to play out of shotgun and brilliantly balances in-structure play and out-of-structure play.
    — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The sheriff shared a photo of the gun, which appears to be an antique single-shot pistol chambered to fire .410 shotgun shells.
    — Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of shotgun
Noun
  • Although a gunshot from a flintlock pistol lasts only an eye blink, the sound is composed of numerous elements: the squeeze of the trigger, the strike of the firing mechanism against the flint, the ignition of the powder, the slug’s passage through the barrel, the report, the impact.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • My first rifle had been a flintlock that had been given to me by an old friend, Ed Wesson, the gunsmith.
    — Outdoor Life, Outdoor Life, 23 Nov. 2023
Definition of flintlock
Noun
  • Now comes President Donald Trump with his blunderbuss actions that weaken or threaten to weaken the press across the board, perplexing us all who are paying attention.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
  • Cost cutting ‘blunderbuss’ DOGE is part of a long line of presidential efforts to take an ax to the administrative state.
    — Zac Anderson, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
Definition of blunderbuss
Noun
  • Brownlee was arrested shortly after the May 21 robbery and police seized items used in the robberies and two firearms, including the one Brownlee purchased to rob the jewelry store, officials said.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2025
  • Local residents are encouraged to bring in excess firearms, which will be purchased for $100, no questions asked, organizers said.
    — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of firearm
Noun
  • Once Mark and Drummond descend down the elevator into the testing floor, the innie abruptly transforms into his outie, pulling the trigger on a bolt pistol originally intended for one of Lumon’s goats.
    — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Police recovered a Taurus Millenium G2 9mm pistol near the spot where Grant fell, the report says.
    — Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of pistol
Noun
  • Federal law already bans the purchase of handguns for people younger than 21.
    — Romy Ellenbogen, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Instead, about a dozen lined their street and pointed rifles and handguns at them.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of handgun
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