A smoking gun is a piece of evidence that proves that something is true or that someone is responsible for a crime. [mainly US, journalism]. 1 information that proves who committed a crime: The tapes provided prosecutors with the smoking gun they needed. 2 Originale Smoking Gun aus den USA ist das ideale Räuchergerät für Ihre Küche und dient dem aromatischen Räuchern und aromatisieren von Süssspeisen. 3 Der Begriff "rauchende Pistole" war ursprünglich und ist immer noch in erster Linie ein Hinweis auf ein Objekt oder eine Tatsache, die als schlüssige. 4 The term "smoking gun" is a reference to an object or fact that serves as conclusive evidence of a crime or similar act, just short of being caught in flagrante delicto. "Smoking gun" refers to the strongest kind of circumstantial evidence, as opposed to direct evidence. 5 smoking gun noun: something that serves as conclusive evidence or proof (as of a crime or scientific theory) Example Sentences This document is the smoking gun that proves that he was lying. 6 Nixon's "Smoking Gun" A secretly recorded conversation between President Richard Nixon and his aide H.R. Haldeman on June 23, , reveals the president's involvement in the Watergate break-ins. 7 smoking gun. Something that serves as indisputable evidence or proof, especially of a crime. For example, There is no smoking gun in the Oval Office; the President had no role in tampering with the evidence. This expression alludes to the smoke coming from a recently discharged firearm, a normal occurrence until the invention of smokeless powder. 8 A smoking gun almost always proves clearly that a particular person is guilty of something. It comes from the idea that a recently fired gun — still smoking — in a suspect's hand proves his guilt, and it was first used in the 's. Definitions of smoking gun noun indisputable evidence (especially of a crime) see more VocabTrainer™. 9 smoking gun: 1 n indisputable evidence (especially of a crime) Type of: evidence an indication that makes something evident. smoking gun meaning 10