(firearms) A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading. / (by extension) Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.

simple past tense and past participle of revolve

(transitive, now rare) To bring back into a particular place or condition; to restore. / (transitive) To cause (something) to turn around a central point.

(theater) The rotation of part of the scenery within a theatrical production. / (theater) The rotating section itself. / (obsolete) A radical change; revolution.

(now rare) The fact or act of revolving; capacity for revolution.

The act of revolving.

plural of revolvement

plural of revolver

Capable of being revolved, rotatable.

present participle of revolve