GUN
WordNet
noun
(1) The discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
"Two runners started before the gun"
"A twenty gun salute"
(2) A pedal that controls the throttle valve
"He stepped on the gas"
(3) Large but transportable armament
(4) A hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine
(5) A weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)
(6) A professional killer who uses a gun
(7) A person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)
verb
(8) Shoot with a gun
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Lady Gunilda which was a huge crossbow that used powerful shot. It later became used for firearms like cannons and muskets. The woman’s name “Gundahild” , cognate to modern Scandinavian Gunhild, means “war" + "battle maid”.
Noun
- A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity. JP 1-02.
- A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more. See also: howitzer; mortar. JP 1-02.
- A very portable, short weapon, for hand use; a bullet or projectile-firing weapon; a handgun: a revolver, pistol, Derringer, zipgun, so forth.
- A less portable, long weapon; a bullet or projectile firing weapon; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a musket or shotgun.
- This is my rifle, this is my gun. One is for fighting, one is for fun. (U.S. military cadence, used to make recruits memorize that the only correct term for a soldier's standard-issue firearm is a rifle, not a gun.)
- Any weapon that launches a projectile from a tube, even if it is not a firearm, e.g., air-pressure pellet gun, air rifle, BB gun; or, a home-made firearm such as a potato gun.
- Any device or tool that projects a substance in a superficially similar fashion to a firearm, e.g., nail gun, squirt gun, spray gun, grease gun.
- A device or tool shaped like a pistol and operated in similar fashion by pulling a trigger with the index finger, e.g., rivet gun, screw gun, price-label gun.
- 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).
- 2000: by the winter of 1962, the Brewer Surfboards Hawaii gun was the most in-demand big-wave equipment on the North Shore. — Drew Kampion at surfline.com http://www.surfline.com/surfaz/surfaz.cfm?id=766
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See also
- automatic
- bean-shooter (slang)
- cannon
- water cannon
- long rifle
- sand blaster
- semi-automatic
- water cannon
Verb
- To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm.
- He gunned down the hitmen.
- The CEO gunned down that idea before we could present it to the board.
- To speed something up.
- He gunned the engine up.
- To offer vigorous support to a person or cause.
- He’s gunning for you.
- To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone.
- He's been gunning for you ever since you embarrassed him at the party.
Adjective
- To be very good or the best at something.http://www.aussieslang.com/slang/australian-slang-g.asp?page=2
- Daniel is gun at basketball.