WordNet
zip gun
n. a crude homemade pistol
Wikipedia
Zip gun
Zip gun may refer to:
- Improvised firearm
- Hand-Held Maneuvering Unit, a device used by astronauts on spacewalks
- Bolan's Zip Gun, a 1975 album by the band T. Rex
- Zipgun, a 1990s punk rock band from Seattle, Washington, US
Usage examples of "zip gun".
As a matter of fact, it was a friendly sort of argument, more or less, with hardly a zip gun in sight.
I gave him the zip gun back, in case he got mugged going home with his silver cigarette case.
Behind panes of glass in the bookcase against one wall were macabre weapons--a sword, brass knuckles, a zip gun, an African spear--trophies from the hunt, gifts from grateful proté.
The device resembled an old-fashioned zip gun, but instead of bullets or darts, it held a clip of inch-long iron spikes.