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Definition of Riot gun
1. Noun. A firearm designed to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riot Gun
Literary usage of Riot gun
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Congressional Hearing edited by Christopher H. Smith (1999)
"37mm riot gun: Models 450-A, 458, 459 COIN 92/3: 37/38mm Federal Gas Gun, Federal
L6 37mm Multi-Launcher - this is a new 37mm six-shot launcher capable of ..."
2. Human Rights in Northern Ireland: Congressional Hearing edited by Christopher H. Smith (1999)
"37mm riot gun: Models 450-A, 458, 459 COIN 92/3: 37/38mm Federal Gas Gun, Federal
L6 37mm Multi-Launcher - this is a new 37mm six-shot launcher capable of ..."
3. Following the Color Line: An Account of Negro Citizenship in the American by Ray Stannard Baker (1908)
"He stuck his riot-gun out of the opening and began firing. The mob fell back but
came charging forward again, wild with passion. The sheriff fired again, ..."
4. The Millennial Dawn by Charles Taze Russell (1898)
"Well, this 'riot gun' can be worked at the rate of ten murderous shots a second,
with the gunner all the time concealed, and in perfect safety, ..."
5. The Battle of Armageddon by Charles Taze Russell (1998)
"“One of Mr. Maxim's inventions is called the ‘riot gun,' a light little affair
... Well, this ‘riot gun' can be worked at the rate of ten murderous shots a ..."
6. Abraham Lincoln: A History by John George Nicolay, John Hay (1890)
"As in Baltimore, the event threw St. Louis into the excitement of a general riot.
Gun stores were broken into and newspaper offices threatened; ..."
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