artillery



artillery

1. n. handguns; grenades. (Underworld.) Where does Frank stash the artillery?
2. n. flatware; cutlery. Who put out the artillery? I didn’t get a fork.

heavy artillery

n. powerful or persuasive persons or things. (The same as big gun.) Finally, the mayor brought out the heavy artillery and quieted things down.
See also: artillery, heavy

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
LudwikLUWT-veekPolish
Vale-English
Patime-Uyghur
Teodorote-o-DO-ro (Italian), te-o-DHO-ro (Spanish)Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
AlgernonAL-jər-nahnEnglish
Putu-Indonesian, Balinese