zip guns
/zɪp ɡʌnz/
NOUN
1. Crude homemade firearms
Improvised firearms made from readily available materials or components, designed to discharge projectiles.
1.1. Homemade or improvised firearms
Refers to crude, noncommercial firearms assembled using improvised materials or components rather than manufactured through conventional firearm production.
Synonyms
- homemade guns
- improvised firearms
- makeshift firearms
- improvised guns
- homemade firearms
Examples
- The underground workshop was discovered with a stash of zip guns hidden among various tools and equipment.
- In the crime novel, the protagonist's only means of defense was a collection of improvised zip guns.
- The police confiscated a cache of dangerous zip guns during a raid on an illicit weapons manufacturing operation.
- Despite their simplicity, the homemade zip guns posed a serious threat to public safety.