Pawgun

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A handgun, when held in the paw of an animal (or animalistic person). derogatory, idiomatic, slang, uncommon

    "She thought that the guy was rude too, so she threw the smoking gun away that she had just used and then pulled out a small pawgun from her pawbag, checked to see if there were any bullets in it."

Example

More examples

"She thought that the guy was rude too, so she threw the smoking gun away that she had just used and then pulled out a small pawgun from her pawbag, checked to see if there were any bullets in it."

Etymology

From paw + gun.

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