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Magnum

//ˈmæɡnəm// noun

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Noun

1
A bottle containing 1.5 liters of fluid, double the volume of a standard wine bottle.
"So please don’t ask me when / There may be wine and roses / And magnums of champagne"
2
A bottle of Magnum Tonic Wine, a fermented mead drink popular among Jamaicans and other Caribbean peoples for its intoxicating effects, vitamins and use as a purported sexual stimulant. The drink is highly associated with dancehall music and Jamaican pop culture.
3
a large wine bottle for liquor or wine wordnet
4
A powerful firearm cartridge, often derived from a shorter, less powerful cartridge calibre that uses the same bullet.
5
A handgun that fires a cartridge of this calibre; chiefly a revolver, but rarely an autoloader firing an unusually powerful calibre. broadly
"I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But, being as this is a .44 magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya, punk?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin magnum, neuter of magnus (“great”). * (bottle): Ellipsis of magnum bonum. * (handgun): Name registered 1935 by Smith & Wesson Inc., of Springfield, Massachusetts.

Etymology 2

Shortening of Magnum Tonic Wine.

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