radar gun

noun

: a handheld device that uses radar to measure the speed of a moving object

Examples of radar gun in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Occupying the bottom spot reserved for the starting pitcher, was another cause célèbre, Jordan Hicks, whose high heat lit up the Scottsdale Stadium radar gun for the first time, too. Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2024 Police officials say e-bike laws are hard to enforce on the Strand, where motorcycles and radar guns aren’t practical. Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2023 False Alert Filtering Radar detectors do sometimes pick up radar signals from other devices and mistake them for police radar guns. Doug Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 30 Mar. 2023 Read full article The radar gun on the Fenway jumbotron registered at 99 miles per hour. Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023 Then, Ryan suddenly flashed 101 on the stadium radar gun. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023 From the archives: Gerrit Cole Since his high school days at Orange Lutheran, Gerrit Cole has been throwing heat and getting attention of radar guns. Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023 The stands were filling up more with every changeover, getting louder each time Shelton’s booming serve put up big numbers on the radar gun. Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023 Enter Email Sign Up The radar gun, once again, flashed at 99 m.p.h. Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1977, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of radar gun was in 1977

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“Radar gun.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/radar%20gun. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

radar gun

noun
: a handheld device that uses radar to measure the speed of a moving object
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