handgun

noun handgun

• musket — a heavy, large-caliber smoothbore gun for infantry soldiers, introduced in the 16th century: the predecessor of the modern rifle.
• weapon — any instrument or device for use in attack or defense in combat, fighting, or war, as a sword, rifle, or cannon.
• rifle — a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
• pistol — a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
• heat — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.