Crossword clues for hand grenade
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grenade \Gre*nade"\, n. [F. grenade a pomegranate, a grenade, or Sp. granada; orig., filled with seeds. So called from the resemblance of its shape to a pomegranate. See Carnet, Grain a kernel, and cf. Pomegranate.] (Min.) A hollow ball or shell of iron filled with powder of other explosive, ignited by means of a fuse, and thrown from the hand among enemies. Hand grenade.
A small grenade of iron or glass, usually about two and a half inches in diameter, to be thrown from the hand into the head of a sap, trenches, covered way, or upon besiegers mounting a breach.
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A portable fire extinguisher consisting of a glass bottle containing water and gas. It is thrown into the flames. Called also fire grenade.
Rampart grenades, grenades of various sizes, which, when used, are rolled over the pararapet in a trough.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context military English) A small hand-held explosive device designed to be thrown at the enemy. 2 (context archaic English) fire grenade (kind of portable fire extinguisher)
WordNet
n. a grenade designed to be thrown by hand
Wikipedia
The specialty cocktail drink known as the Hand Grenade is sold frozen or on-the-rocks exclusively by 721 Bourbon, Inc. through five licensed nightclub bars in the New Orleans French Quarter. Pam Fortner and Earl Bernhardt, owners of the Tropical Isle bar founded during the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition, created the melon-flavored Hand Grenade as their signature cocktail. Since 1987, the federally registered trademark "Hand Grenade" has been used to uniquely identify the cocktail and its packaging. Since January 1992, the Hand Grenade has been served in a green, translucent, plastic yard glass container with a bulbous, textured base shaped like an oversized hand grenade. The grenade has anthropomorphic features, including black oval eyes and an upturned smile. Printed in bold, black lettering, the legend extends vertically down the neck, with the cocktail name and a reference to its high alcohol content: "Hand Grenade® New Orleans Most Powerful Drink". Consumers purchasing Hand Grenade cocktails in these containers receive discounts on refills at the licensed establishments. In January 2012, a lower-calorie "Skinny Hand Grenade" was announced.
Usage examples of "hand grenade".
Abbado said, trying to estimate the risk of tossing his right-hand grenade past the head and neck.
A hand grenade burst at the side of the rig showering instant death.
He heard running footsteps on the stairs outside, and a hand grenade was thrown into the room.
But be also got an alarm clock, some wire, some string, and the mechanics from a hand grenade which made it explode.
The hand grenade sailed into the room through one of the windows high up along the north wall.
You get out of the car and walk across the parade deck to where a sergeant is holding a class on the hand grenade.