hotgun

noun

1. A device for directing hot air.

   “Compounds were detected by spraying with methanol:sulfuricacid (1:1) and then by heating with a hotgun.”

   “The flasks for hydrosilylation were closed by septa and dried with a hotgun under a nitrogen flow.”

   “However, the more sensitive infrared system was able to detect this discontinuity at ambient temperatures without the benefit of a hotgun.”

   “To a stirring suspension of CuI (1.23 g, 6.44 mmol, 1.125 eq, pre-dried with a hotgun) in dry Et₂O (55 ml) at 0°C under nitrogen was added MeLi (8.0 ml, 12.9 mmol, 2.25 eq).”

2. Synonym of hot glue gun.

   “With the hotgun, incontrast, the holding chamber and the nozzle supply continuous heat to the wax, and the wax can be injected directly into the hole as a liquid.”

3. A gun, such as a semi-automatic, designed to discharge its rounds very quickly.

   “As Jorgensen turned his back and as Baker was raising his hotgun; somehow it discharged, striking Jorgensen in the back.”

   “Jack flirted with Prissy, taught me how to handle the hotguns, and he told us stories about his life.”

   “And I now agree the hotgun-murder-car business must end.”

   “Then there was that interminable, deadly pause between disengaging the stones and the old clips releasing from the hotguns.”