beretta

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noun

A firearm (especially a handgun) made by the Beretta company.

“The officer fired his Beretta at the protesters.”

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Meanings

beretta1

nounberetta (plural berettas)

plural berettas

  1. alternativeAlternative form of biretta.

Beretta2

nounBeretta (plural Berettas)

plural Berettas

  1. engineeringA firearm (especially a handgun) made by the Beretta company.

    The officer fired his Beretta at the protesters.

    2 more examples

    He gave himself a very hot shower and then an ice-cold one. He shaved and managed to pull on a clean shirt and trousers. He put a fresh clip in his Beretta and wrapped the Colt in his discarded shirt and put it in his suitcase.

    1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 87

    The gun turned out to be an empty, dirty Beretta nine millimeter.

    1993, Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower, HEADLINE PUBLISHING GROUP (2019), page 221

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

terbate
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APA

beretta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beretta

MLA

“beretta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beretta. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beretta,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beretta.

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