iron

Slang Dictionary

iron definition


  1. n.
    a gun; a revolver. (Underworld.) : Rocko never carries iron unless he's going to use it.
  2. n.
    computer hardware. (See also big iron.) : What kind of iron are you people running over there?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Cite This Source
American Heritage
Idioms & Phrases

iron

In addition to the idioms beginning with iron, also see pump iron; strike while the iron's hot.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature