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Definition gun
Etymology 1
From Middle English gunne, gonne, from Lady Gunilda, a huge crossbow with a powerful shot, with the second part of the term being of Old Norse origin. It was later used to denote firearms. The name Gunnhildr and its multiple variations are derived from Old Norse gunnr (“battle, war”) + hildr (“battle”), which makes it a pleonasm. In the given context the woman's name means battle maid. See also Hilda, Gunilda, Gunhild, Gunhilda, Gunnhildr.
Noun
gun (plural guns)
- A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon.
- A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
- A less portable, long firearm, bullet or projectile firing; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
- (military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
- (military) A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more. See also: howitzer; mortar.
- (figuratively) A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.
- A device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm.
- Any implement designed to fire a projectile from a tube.
- A device or tool that projects a substance.
- A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
- (surfing) A long surfboard designed for surfing big waves (not the same as a longboard, a gun has a pointed nose and is generally a little narrower).
- (cellular automata) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
- (colloquial, metonymically) A person who carries or uses a rifle, shotgun or handgun.
- (colloquial, usually in the plural) The biceps.
- (nautical, in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
- (colloquial) An expert.
Verb
gun (third-person singular simple present guns, present participle gunning, simple past and past participle gunned)
- (with “down”) To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm.
- To speed something up.
- To offer vigorous support to a person or cause.
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone.
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
- (transitive, intransitive, prison slang) To masturbate while observing and visible to a corrections officer.
Etymology 2
From gunna, from gonna, from going to
Verb
gun
- Nonstandard spelling of going to.
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