Gun

  • 31gun — gun1 W2S2 [gʌn] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from Gunnilda, a woman s name, from Old Norse Gunnhildr] 1.) a metal weapon which shoots bullets or ↑shells have/hold/carry a gun ▪ I could see he was carrying a gun. ▪ I ve never fired a gun in …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32gun — n. & v. n. 1 any kind of weapon consisting of a metal tube and often held in the hand with a grip at one end, from which bullets or other missiles are propelled with great force, esp. by a contained explosion. 2 any device imitative of this, e.g …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 33gun — [[t]gʌ̱n[/t]] ♦♦ guns, gunning, gunned 1) N COUNT A gun is a weapon from which bullets or other things are fired. He produced a gun and he came into the house... The inner city has guns and crime and drugs and deprivation. ...gun control laws. 2) …

    English dictionary

  • 34gun — /gʌn / (say gun) noun 1. a weapon comprising a metallic tube, with its stock or carriage and attachments, from which heavy missiles are thrown by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance. 2. any portable firearm, as a rifle, revolver, etc.… …

  • 35GUN — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « GUN », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) GUN peut faire référence à : Gingivite ulcéro …

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  • 36gun — [1] To press the accelerator hard to make the engine roar at top rpm. [2] A device for applying paint or grease. also See airless spray gun blow gun compressed air spray gun gravel gun gravity feed spray gun grease gun paint gun pressure feed… …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 37gun — {{11}}gun (n.) mid 14c., gunne an engine of war that throws rocks, arrows or other missiles, probably a shortening of woman s name Gunilda, found in M.E. gonnilde cannon and in an Anglo Latin reference to a specific gun from a 1330 munitions… …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 38gun —   Pū; waikī (rare).    ♦ Machine gun, pū mīkini.    ♦ Toy or popgun, pū pā ani.    ♦ Water or squirt gun, pū kī wai, pū wai.    ♦ Double barreled gun, pū kihi lua.    ♦ Gun carried on shoulders, pū kau po ohiwi.    ♦ Maxim gun, pu wili.    ♦ Cock …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 39gun — See: BIG CHEESE or BIG GUN, GIVE IT THE GUN or GIVE HER THE GUN, GREAT GODFREY or GREAT GUNS, JUMP THE GUN, SON OF A GUN, STICK TO ONE S GUNS or STAND BY ONE S GUNS, TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED or UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 40gun — See: BIG CHEESE or BIG GUN, GIVE IT THE GUN or GIVE HER THE GUN, GREAT GODFREY or GREAT GUNS, JUMP THE GUN, SON OF A GUN, STICK TO ONE S GUNS or STAND BY ONE S GUNS, TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED or UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED …

    Dictionary of American idioms