Usually means: Component that strikes to ignite.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. firing pin: Merriam-Webster
  2. firing pin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. firing pin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. firing pin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. firing pin: Vocabulary.com
  6. firing pin: Wordnik
  7. firing pin: Wiktionary
  8. firing pin: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Firing pin, firing pin: Dictionary.com
  10. Firing pin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. firing pin: Rhymezone
  12. firing pin: FreeDictionary.org
  13. firing pin: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. firing pin: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Firing-pin: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Firing-pin, firing pin: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Firing-pin: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (firing pin)

noun:  (firearms) the part of the firing mechanism which strikes the cartridge's primer to ignite the gunpowder.

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