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riot gun
noun
Definition of RIOT GUN
: a small arm used to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death; especially : a short-barreled shotgun
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First Known Use of RIOT GUN
1916
Rhymes with RIOT GUN
Acheron, Algonquin, allemande, all-or-none, Balzacian, give the gun, hit-and-run, jump the gun, machine-gun, machine gun, megaton, midnight sun, one-on-one, one-to-one, on the run, overrun, pellet gun, radar gun, ride shotgun, run-and-gun, Sally Lunn, scattergun, smoking gun, tommy gun, twenty-one, underdone, underrun, water gun
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