handgunn.

Brit.

/ˈhan(d)ɡʌn/, U.S.

/ˈhæn(d)ˌɡən/

Forms: see hand n. and gun n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., gun n.

Etymology: < hand n. + gun n.

Originally: any firearm carried in the hand (used with or without a rest), as a musket, harquebus, etc., as opposed to a cannon. Now: spec. a gun held and fired with one hand; a pistol.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun]

handgun1411

piece1575

small arms1685

popper1751

shooting-iron1775

pelter1827

squib1839

shooter1840

shooting-stick1845

Betsy1856

smoke-wagon1891

rod1903

gat1904

belt gun1905

roscoe1914

smoke-stick1927

heat1928

heater1929

smoke-pole1929

John Roscoe1932

1411 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E 101/44/17) m. 8 iij. Gunnes de ferro stoked cum v. Cameris. j. handgunne.

1446 in Archaeologia (1829) 22 63 Bought ii handgunnes de ere.

a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 13 Kynge Edwarde..hade withe hym..three hundred of Flemynges with hande-gonnes.

1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 6 Preamble Crossebowes, little short Handguns, and little Hagbuts.

1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde xiv. f. 21^v I haue seene suche a shell of a Torterell, that a hande gun could in no wise pierce.

1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Arquebuse, a handgunne.

1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript ii. iv. sig. S4^v The hand-gun hath been so much out of vse Scarce one in forty if to proofe it came,Dares or knowes how for to discharge the same.

1662 Let. 17 Sept. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1965) I. 474 Here is a goldsmith, called Felix Warder, citizen of Zurich, who hath the invention of a way to make hand-guns and pistols, of a metal, which is called orichalcum.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 117 They having not above 3 or 4 Hand-guns, the rest of them being arm'd with Lances.

1738 S. Whatley tr. K. L. von Pöllnitz Mem. III. 87 The Queen kill'd a Bear from her Gallery, with a shot from a Hand-Gun.

1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) iv. 23 Now Jockey and his mither came hame together, chick for chow cracking like twa hand guns.

1843 H. W. Herbert Marmaduke Wyvil (1853) 18 A sound like the shot of a hand-gun or pistolet.

1869 C. Boutell in tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour Notes 293 Hand-guns..in our own country..appear to have been used as early as 1375.

1917 Times 9 June 11/6 Though an old gunner, he did not share the gunner's proverbial contempt for the hand-gun.

1957 Amer. Speech 32 192 Antibacklash, a device usually installed behind the trigger of a handgun to restrict its rearward motion once a shot has been let off.

2004 Church Times 12 Mar. 16/1 Youths threatened a 15-year-old with a handgun in a nearby park.

Compounds

General attributive and objective.

handgun maker n.

ΚΠ

1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 26 Handgun-maker: Fee.—24. 6. 8.

1775 J. Paul Digest Laws Game 26 (heading) Cross-Bow and Hand-Gun Makers.

1866 Birmingham Daily Post 15 Oct. 5/6 To continue the opposition to the machine system by the hand-gun makers,..would seem to be absolute folly.

1998 N.Y. Times 18 Jan. iii. 2/4 The company, the nation's largest handgun maker, has wheeled out a line of police bicycles.

handgun shot n.

ΚΠ

1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. Bvj The handgonshot was innumerable & incredyble.

1855 J. Grant Yellow Frigate xxxi. 216 If I find thee tracking me again, I will try the effect of a hand-gun shot on thee.

1991 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 18 Sept. d12 The series of 14 handgun shots had only wounded the dog.

Derivatives

ˈhandgunner n.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun

handgunner1530

rodman1924

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 229/1 Han [d] gonner, covleurinier.

1824 P. Hawker Instr. Young Sportsmen (ed. 3) 338 Poole harbour..has been ruined for all the poor hand-gunners, by the universal introduction of punt-guns.

1957 Amer. Speech 32 190 It is inevitable..that colloquialisms of the handgunner overlap with those of the rifleman.

2002 Field & Stream Oct. 19/2 Some bears died, but only after fatally crunching the handgunner.

ˈhandgunning n.

ΚΠ

1930 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 9 May 23/1 To further the rifle and pistol activities of the community.., the N. & W. ‘Y’ club..selected L. B. Compton to handle the activities incident to the hand gunning.

2004 Backwoods Home Mag. Jan. 74/1 With more than 45 years of handgunning behind me.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	handgun
释义	handgunn. Brit. /ˈhan(d)ɡʌn/, U.S. /ˈhæn(d)ˌɡən/ Forms: see hand n. and gun n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hand n., gun n. Etymology: < hand n. + gun n. Originally: any firearm carried in the hand (used with or without a rest), as a musket, harquebus, etc., as opposed to a cannon. Now: spec. a gun held and fired with one hand; a pistol. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device for discharging missiles > firearm > small-arm > [noun] handgun1411 piece1575 small arms1685 popper1751 shooting-iron1775 pelter1827 squib1839 shooter1840 shooting-stick1845 Betsy1856 smoke-wagon1891 rod1903 gat1904 belt gun1905 roscoe1914 smoke-stick1927 heat1928 heater1929 smoke-pole1929 John Roscoe1932 1411 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E 101/44/17) m. 8 iij. Gunnes de ferro stoked cum v. Cameris. j. handgunne. 1446 in Archaeologia (1829) 22 63 Bought ii handgunnes de ere. a1500 Warkworth's Chron. (1839) 13 Kynge Edwarde..hade withe hym..three hundred of Flemynges with hande-gonnes. 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 6 Preamble Crossebowes, little short Handguns, and little Hagbuts. 1568 T. Hacket tr. A. Thevet New Found Worlde xiv. f. 21^v I haue seene suche a shell of a Torterell, that a hande gun could in no wise pierce. 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Arquebuse, a handgunne. 1613 G. Wither Abuses Stript ii. iv. sig. S4^v The hand-gun hath been so much out of vse Scarce one in forty if to proofe it came,Dares or knowes how for to discharge the same. 1662 Let. 17 Sept. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1965) I. 474 Here is a goldsmith, called Felix Warder, citizen of Zurich, who hath the invention of a way to make hand-guns and pistols, of a metal, which is called orichalcum. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World v. 117 They having not above 3 or 4 Hand-guns, the rest of them being arm'd with Lances. 1738 S. Whatley tr. K. L. von Pöllnitz Mem. III. 87 The Queen kill'd a Bear from her Gallery, with a shot from a Hand-Gun. 1777 Whole Proc. Jockey & Maggy (rev. ed.) iv. 23 Now Jockey and his mither came hame together, chick for chow cracking like twa hand guns. 1843 H. W. Herbert Marmaduke Wyvil (1853) 18 A sound like the shot of a hand-gun or pistolet. 1869 C. Boutell in tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour Notes 293 Hand-guns..in our own country..appear to have been used as early as 1375. 1917 Times 9 June 11/6 Though an old gunner, he did not share the gunner's proverbial contempt for the hand-gun. 1957 Amer. Speech 32 192 Antibacklash, a device usually installed behind the trigger of a handgun to restrict its rearward motion once a shot has been let off. 2004 Church Times 12 Mar. 16/1 Youths threatened a 15-year-old with a handgun in a nearby park. Compounds General attributive and objective. handgun maker n. ΚΠ 1647 L. Haward Charges Crown Revenue 26 Handgun-maker: Fee.—24. 6. 8. 1775 J. Paul Digest Laws Game 26 (heading) Cross-Bow and Hand-Gun Makers. 1866 Birmingham Daily Post 15 Oct. 5/6 To continue the opposition to the machine system by the hand-gun makers,..would seem to be absolute folly. 1998 N.Y. Times 18 Jan. iii. 2/4 The company, the nation's largest handgun maker, has wheeled out a line of police bicycles. handgun shot n. ΚΠ 1524 R. Copland tr. J. de Bourbon Syege Cyte of Rodes in Begynnynge Ordre Knyghtes Hospytallers sig. Bvj The handgonshot was innumerable & incredyble. 1855 J. Grant Yellow Frigate xxxi. 216 If I find thee tracking me again, I will try the effect of a hand-gun shot on thee. 1991 Record (Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.) (Nexis) 18 Sept. d12 The series of 14 handgun shots had only wounded the dog. Derivatives ˈhandgunner n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > one armed with or using firearm > one bearing or using handgun handgunner1530 rodman1924 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 229/1 Han [d] gonner, covleurinier. 1824 P. Hawker Instr. Young Sportsmen (ed. 3) 338 Poole harbour..has been ruined for all the poor hand-gunners, by the universal introduction of punt-guns. 1957 Amer. Speech 32 190 It is inevitable..that colloquialisms of the handgunner overlap with those of the rifleman. 2002 Field & Stream Oct. 19/2 Some bears died, but only after fatally crunching the handgunner. ˈhandgunning n. ΚΠ 1930 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 9 May 23/1 To further the rifle and pistol activities of the community.., the N. & W. ‘Y’ club..selected L. B. Compton to handle the activities incident to the hand gunning. 2004 Backwoods Home Mag. Jan. 74/1 With more than 45 years of handgunning behind me. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1411
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