Luger

UK: /ˈluːɡə/ US: (lo̅o̅′gər)

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Lu•ger  (lo̅o̅′gər), [Trademark.]

1. Trademarks a brand of automatic pistol of 9-millimeter caliber, made in Germany.

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Luger / ˈluːɡə/ noun

1. a German 9 mm calibre automatic pistol

Etymology: 20th Century: named after George Luger (1849–1923), German gun designer

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luge  (lo̅o̅zh), n., v., luged, lug•ing. 
n. 

1. Sport a one- or two-person sled for coasting or racing down a chute, used esp. in Europe.

v.i. 

2. Sport to go or race on a luge:
   to luge at nearly 70 miles per hour.

• dialect, dialectal French
• 1900–05

lug′er, n.