Usually means: Improvised firearm, simple, homemade design.
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  1. zip gun: Merriam-Webster
  2. zip gun: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. zip gun: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. zip gun: Collins English Dictionary
  5. zip gun: Vocabulary.com
  6. zip gun: Wiktionary
  7. zip gun: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. zip gun: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. zip gun: Dictionary.com
  10. Zip Gun, Zip gun: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. zip gun: Rhymezone
  12. zip gun: FreeDictionary.org
  13. zip gun: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. zip gun: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (zip gun)

noun:  (firearms) A crude homemade weapon that fires a projectile.
noun:  (astronautics) An EVA astronaut space maneuvering propulsion unit, a handheld gas jet device, connected to a reservoir.

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