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hotgun en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From hot (“hot”) + gun.

Meanings

1. A device for directing hot air.
   • Compounds were detected by spraying with methanol:sulfuricacid (1:1) and then by heating with a hotgun. 1999, Afgan Farooq, J.R. Hanson, “Oxidation of two pregnane steroids catalyzed by the fungus Cephalosporium aphidicola”, in Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, volume 63, number 10:
   • To a stirring suspension of CuI (1.23 g, 6.44 mmol, 1.125 eq, pre-dried with a hotgun) in dry Et₂O (55 ml) at 0°C under nitrogen was added MeLi (8.0 ml, 12.9 mmol, 2.25 eq). 2008, Junpei Naito, Shunsuke Kuwahara, Masataka Watanabe, John Decatur, Pieter H. Bos, Ruben P. Van Summeren, Bjorn Ter Horst, Ben L. Feringa, Adriaan J. Minnaard, Nobuyuki Harada, “Stereoselective Synthesis of 2,3,7-Trimethylcyclooctanone and Related Compounds and Determination of Their Relative and Absolute Configurations by the MαNP Acid Method”, in Chirality, volume 20:
   • The flasks for hydrosilylation were closed by septa and dried with a hotgun under a nitrogen flow. 2000 February, Christian Drohmann, Martin Möller, Olga B. Gorbatsevich, Aziz M. Muzafarov, “Hyperbranched polyalkenylsilanes by hydrosilylation with platinum catalysts. I. Polymerization”, in Journal of Polymer Science, volume 38, number 4:
   • However, the more sensitive infrared system was able to detect this discontinuity at ambient temperatures without the benefit of a hotgun. 2003, John E. White, Edward J. Tucholski, Robert E. Green Jr, “Nondestructive testing of aircraft and spacecraft wiring”, in Materials evaluation, volume 61, number 12:
2. Synonym of hot glue gun.
   • With the hotgun, incontrast, the holding chamber and the nozzle supply continuous heat to the wax, and the wax can be injected directly into the hole as a liquid. 1989, NASA Tech Briefs, page 84:
3. A gun, such as a semi-automatic, designed to discharge its rounds very quickly.
   • Then there was that interminable, deadly pause between disengaging the stones and the old clips releasing from the hotguns. 2014, HB Kurtzwilde, Student of the Tradition, →ISBN:
   • As Jorgensen turned his back and as Baker was raising his hotgun; somehow it discharged, striking Jorgensen in the back. 1958, 45, California Highway Patrolman - Volumes 22-23:
   • And I now agree the hotgun-murder-car business must end. 2012, TL Tekavec, Prohibiting Pueblo: A collection of poems:
   • Jack flirted with Prissy, taught me how to handle the hotguns, and he told us stories about his life. 2008, Pam Bustin, Mostly Happy, →ISBN, page 73:

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Synonyms

hot glue gun