thirty-eight

[thur-tee-eyt] / ˈθɜr tiˈeɪt /

NOUN

gun

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cannon handgun hardware mortar piece pistol revolver rifle shotgun

STRONG

Uzi blaster difference equalizer flintlock forty-five howitzer magnum musket ordnance persuader rod

WEAK

Saturday-night special peashooter

NOUN

pistol

Synonyms

STRONGEST

firearm gun handgun rod

STRONG

forty-five piece six-shooter

WEAK

Saturday night special

Example Sentences

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As a practical matter, at thirty-eight I now had to raise our daughters on my own.

From Literature

Lemnitzer set up thirty-eight charts on easels and brought the president up to speed.

From Literature

My time log tells me that it will technically be tomorrow in two hours, thirty-seven minutes, and thirty-eight seconds.

From Literature

George Dasch was thirty-eight years old and wanted to do something more, something bigger.

From Literature

Over the summer, word leaked out that Michael Jordan, at age thirty-eight, might come out of retirement for the second time.

From Los Angeles Times