SPRING GUN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gun that is set to fire on any intruder that comes in contact with the wire that sets it off

Synonyms:

set gun; spring gun

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("spring gun" is a kind of...):

gun (a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel))

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