gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gŭn
ipa: /ɡʌn/
ipa: /ɡʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Forms: form: guns
Etymology: From Middle English gunne, gonne, possibly from Gunnhild, a female given name formerly used as a nickname for engines of war. The name is composed of the Norse elements gunnr and hildr, both meaning "battle".
Senses: examples: text: They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect.
ref: 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
text: Well, I've always been progun, you know that. It's... yeah, I think adding more guns into a situation is obviously the way to prevent shooting. I think in a way, if we take the guns away, the shootings may escalate. And I think that's why he's so firm on literally arming everyone. I think if you don't have a gun in your hands... well, let's not find out what that world would be.
ref: 2018 February 23, Richard Ayoade, The Last Leg, Season 14, Episode 5
text: Guns were considered improvements of crossbows and catapults.
text: Looking for wild meat to fill his family's freezer for the winter, the young man quietly raised up his gun at the approaching deer.
hypernyms: ranged weapon
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glosses: A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
hypernyms: ranged weapon
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weapon
coordinate_terms: cold weapon
hot weapon
white arm
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glosses: A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
hypernyms: ranged weapon
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weapon
coordinate_terms: cold weapon
hot weapon
white arm
knife
glosses: A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
A less portable, long firearm that fires bullets or projectiles; a rifle, either manual, automatic or semi-automatic; a flintlock, musket or shotgun.
topics: government
military
politics
war
hypernyms: ranged weapon
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weapon
coordinate_terms: cold weapon
hot weapon
white arm
knife
glosses: A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity.
topics: government
military
politics
war
hypernyms: ranged weapon
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weapon
coordinate_terms: cold weapon
hot weapon
white arm
knife
glosses: A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
A cannon with a 6-inch/155mm minimum nominal bore diameter and tube length 30 calibers or more. See also: howitzer; mortar.
examples: text: It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.[…]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
ref: 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:
hypernyms: ranged weapon
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weapon
coordinate_terms: cold weapon
hot weapon
white arm
knife
glosses: A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
A firearm or cannon used for saluting or signalling.^(21-gun salute)
examples: text: air-pressure pellet gun
text: zipgun
text: nail gun
glosses: 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.
examples: text: squirt gun
text: spray gun
text: grease gun
glosses: A device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm.
A device or tool that projects a substance.
examples: text: a rivet gun
text: screw gun
text: a price-label gun
text: The piercing gun cannot be disinfected and therefore there is a risk of transmitting hepatitis and other infections.
ref: 2024, David Golinkin, “Is Body Piercing Permitted According To Jewish Law”, in Responsa in a Moment, volume 4, page 193:
glosses: A device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm.
A device or tool that applies something rather than projecting it.
examples: 2000, Drew Kampion, surfline.com
by the winter of 1962, the Brewer Surfboards Hawaii gun was the most in-demand big-wave equipment on the North Shore.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
surfing
glosses: 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).
examples: text: The glider gun on the bottom of the NOT circuit emits a continuous stream of gliders, while the data stream source emits a glider only when there is a value of 1 in the stream[…].
ref: 2000, Gary William Flake, The computational beauty of nature:
text: It would be especially interesting if someone can find an "airplane gun", which generates airplanes at regular intervals.
ref: 2007 February 23, Frank, “Life on the Edge”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):
text: Greene's period-416 2c/5 spaceship gun
ref: 2010, Andrew Adamatzky, Game of Life Cellular Automata, page 74:
topics: cellular-automata
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
examples: text: Some said that the cowboy was the fastest gun in the West.
text: […] we had one lawman - Sheriff Dirty Herwick, "the slowest gun in the West." Dirty was a kindly man, a java addict whose knees knocked at the sight of blood. Back then, we winched our own car wrecks out of ravines and chased away mountain lions with kitchen brooms.
ref: 1991 12, “Ski”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 256:
text: "I must say, I quite enjoy having the best detective in the business, and the fastest gun in the West, on my payroll." "First of all," Clint said tightly, "I'm not the fastest gun in the West, and second, I'm not on your payroll." Royce held up both of his hands. "I didn't mean to offend you, sir[…]"
ref: (Can we date this quote?), J.R. Roberts, Death in Denver, Speaking Volumes, →ISBN:
text: "They say he's the fastest gun in the whole goddamn world." "I thought Blackie was supposed to be the best," Harlow remarked. “That's what all you chaps keep tellin' me." "Blackie is the fastest gun in the Oklahoma Territory,"[…]
ref: (Can we date this quote?), J.R. Roberts, Gundown in Paradise, Speaking Volumes, →ISBN:
text: They want to take on the fastest gun in town.
ref: 2015 February 26, Neil Hickey, Adventures in the Scribblers Trade: The Most Fun You Can Have, iUniverse, →ISBN:
text: "He's a fast gun out of Arizona."
ref: 2015 August 31, Raymond C. Merriam, Hell’S Partner, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:
glosses: A person who carries or uses a gun (rifle, shotgun or handgun), particuarly with reference to how quickly the person can draw and fire the gun.
examples: text: The problem is figuring out how to get the electrons from the red gun to hit only the red phosphors, the electrons from the blue gun to hit only the blue phosphors, and so on.
ref: 2012, Brand Fortner, Theodore E. Meyer, Number by Colors, page 202:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: An electron gun.
glosses: The biceps.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Violent blasts of wind.
glosses: Someone excellent, surpassingly wonderful, or cool.
Derived terms: aerogun
air gun
airgun
air-gun
Alekhine's gun
antigun
anti-gun
Armstrong gun
balling gun
Barisal gun
BB gun
big gun
blow from a gun
blowgun
blow gun
Bofors gunn
Bren gun
bum gun
burp gun
cap gun
cap-gun
caulking gun
cemetery gun
chain gun
chase gun
Chekhov's gun
chicken gun
chow gun
clam gun
coach gun
coilgun
coil gun
Costain gun
costain gun
cryogun
Dane gun
dart gun
Deer gun
deluge gun
DIY gun
drop gun
eat one's gun
elder-gun
electric gun
electron gun
elephant gun
evening gun
fiber gun
field gun
finger gun
flag gun
flame gun
flare gun
flash gun
flashgun
footgun
Gardner gun
Gatling gun
Gauss gun
gene gun
ghost gun
girls with guns
give a gun
give it the gun
glider gun
glue gun
go great guns
gravity gun
grease gun
great gun
gun barrel
gun-barrel
gunbattle
gunbearer
gunbelt
gunbird
gunboat
gun-brig
gun-broke
gunbroke
gun brush
gun carriage
guncase
gun-centric
Gunchester
gun club
gun control
gun-control
gun cotton
guncotton
gun culture
gun deck
gun dog
gundog
gunfight → gunfighter
gunfighting
gunfire
gunfit
gunfitting
gunflash
gunflint
gun for
gun-for-hire
gunfucker
gun fu
gun-fu
gunful
gun furniture
gun grabber
gunhand
gunhandler
gun-happy
gunhawk
gunhouse
gun-howitzer
gunite
gun jumping
gun kata
gun-kata
gun lap
gun layer
gun-layer
gunlayer
gun-laying
gunless
gun licence
gunlike
gunline
gun line
gun lobby
gunlock
gunloon
gunloop
gunmaker
gunmaking
gunman
gunmanship
gun mantlet
gun metal
gun-metal
gunmetal
gun money
gunnage
gunnel
gunner
gunnery
gunnish
gunowner
gunpad
gun paper
gun-paper
gunperson
gun pit
gunplay
gunpoint
gunpoke
gunport
gunpowder
gun powder
gunpower
gunproof
gunrack
gun range
gun rights
gun-rights
gunroom
gun room
gunrunner
gunrunning
gun sanctuary
guns and butter
guns and roses
guns blazing
gun shearer
gunshed
gunshield
gunship
gunshop
gunshot
gun show
gunshy
gun-shy
gun shy
gunsight
gunsite
gunslinger
gunslinging
gunsman
gunsmith
gunsmithy
gunsmoke
gun sock
gunster
gun-stick
gunstick
gun stock
gunstock
gunstone
guntard
gun time
gun-toting
gun-type → gun-type bomb
gunwale
gunwise
gunwoman
gunwork
gunworks
gun worm
gunwright
gunzel
handgun
harpoon gun
Heaf gun
heat gun
hired gun
hold a gun to someone's head
hookgun
Hotchkiss gun
hot glue gun
hotgun
is that a gun in your pocket or are you just pleased to see me
jigger gun
jump the gun
junk gun
K-gun
kit gun
Krupp gun
laser gun
laser-gun
lasergun
Lewis gun
light gun
light machine gun
line gun
lock pick gun
long gun
Lyle gun
machinegun
machine gun
machine-gun
magazine gun
massage gun
Maxim gun
minigun
mini-gun
minute gun
morning gun
mountain gun
mouse gun
nailgun
nail gun
needle gun
net gun
noon gun
Nordenfelt gun
opening gun
organ gun
out-gun
paint gun
Paixhans gun
pawgun
pellet gun
pen gun
physics gun
pick gun
piercing gun
pill gun
pivot gun
poacher's gun
popgun
pop gun
potgun
price gun
pro-gun
prop gun
pumpgun
punt gun
put a gun to someone's head
quaker gun
Quaker gun
radar gun
rail gun
railgun
railroad gun
railway gun
ray gun
ray-gun
raygun
rivet gun
robogun
Rodman gun
run and gun
run-and-gun
sandgun
scattergun
scatter gun
scatter-gun
scrub gun
shotgun
shot-gun
six-gun
slam gun
sleeve gun
slum gun
smoking gun
snake gun
snap gun
snowgun
snow gun
son of a gun → son-of-a-gun stew
space gun
spear gun
speargun
speed gun
spike someone's guns
splatter gun
splatter-gun
spray gun
spring gun
spud gun
squirt gun
staple gun
starting gun
steam gun
Sten gun
stick by
to one's guns
studgun
stun gun
stutter gun
submachine gun
supergun
sure as a gun
swivel gun
tattoo gun
temperature gun
Thompson submachine gun
time gun
time-gun
Tommy gun
top gun
under the gun
up-gun
wall gun
watch gun
water gun
wheelgun
Whitworth gun
wire gun
Woolworth gun
you get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone
young gun
zip gun
zipgun
Related terms: word: HHT
topics: retail
commerce
business
word: scanner