studgun

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noun

Any gun which shoots studs ("a small object that protrudes from something").

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Meanings

nounstudgun (plural studguns)

plural studguns

  1. Any gun which shoots studs ("a small object that protrudes from something").

    Eight shots per loading may be fired from this studgun with a one-eighth turn of the cylinder after each firing.

    1966 11, M. J. Pedersen, “Better Mousetraps”, in Popular Mechanics, volume 126, number 3, →ISSN, page 73
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    This combined studgun effectiveness and danger is nowhere more dramatically illustrated than in the two accidents that formed the subject of this analysis.

    1991, Textual Dynamics of the Professions, University of Wisconsin Press, page 262

Origin

From stud + gun.

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APA

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MLA

“studgun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/studgun. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “studgun,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/studgun.

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