ружьё

fairly common #2385C1

nounneuterinanimatecountable

1.
shotgun, gun, rifle (common in use but not quite correct, see info tag)
A 'ружьё' = shotgun has a straight barrel. Only for a short firing distance, since in contrast to a rifle, the projectile fired does not have any twist for flight stabilization.

Examples

Кто сказа́л, что у меня бы́ло ружьё?
Who said I had a gun?
У Тома есть ружьё.
Tom has a gun.
Дэн услы́шал вы́стрел из ружья.
Dan heard a gunshot.
Том тра́тит ма́ссу вре́мени на чи́стку своего́ ружья.
Tom spends a lot of time cleaning his gun.
У кого ружьё?
Who has the gun?
Изба́вься от ружья.
Get rid of the gun.
Том навел ружьё на го́лову Мэри.
Tom leveled the gun at Mary's head.
У Тома бы́ло ружьё.
Tom had a gun.
Ружьё внезапно вы́стрелило.
The gun suddenly went off.
Она вы́стрелила из ружья.
She shot a gun.

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