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List of meaning for gun

gun(noun)

a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)

artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance(noun)

large but transportable armament

gunman, gun(noun)

a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)

gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter(noun)

a professional killer who uses a gun

grease-gun, gun(noun)

a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine

accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun(noun)

a pedal that controls the throttle valve

"he stepped on the gas"

gun(verb)

the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies

"two runners started before the gun"; "a twenty gun salute"

gun(verb)

shoot with a gun

to strike with a missile from a gun

traded stories of the Wild West, when outlaws gunned men down in broad daylight and in cold blood

a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder

while her father preferred hunting with a crossbow, she preferred a gun

large firearms (as cannon or rockets)

the field commander called for the big guns to be deployed for the full-scale assault

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