An inexpensive, easily obtained handgun.
An unexpected takeover bid that gives its opponents little time to respond.
A male Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus).
A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.