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Definition of 'GUN'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) gun
a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive.

2.  gun
any portable firearm, as a rifle, shotgun, or revolver.

3.  gun
a long-barreled cannon having a flat trajectory.

4.  gun
any device for shooting or ejecting something under pressure, as paint.

5.  gun
the firing of a weapon as a signal or salute; sound of a gunshot:
One runner started before the gun.

6.  gun
a person whose profession is killing; professional killer.

7. (v.t.) gun
to shoot with a gun (often fol. by down).

8.  gun
to cause (an engine or vehicle) to increase in speed very quickly by increasing the supply of fuel.

9. (v.i.) gun
to shoot or hunt with a gun.

10.  gun
gun for,

11.  gun
to seek with determined effort.

Definition of 'GUN'

Princeton's WordNet

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

2. (noun) artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance
large but transportable armament

3. (noun) gunman, gun
a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability)

4. (noun) gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter
a professional killer who uses a gun

5. (noun) grease-gun, gun
a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine

6. (noun) accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun
a pedal that controls the throttle valve
"he stepped on the gas"

7. (verb) gun
the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
"two runners started before the gun"; "a twenty gun salute"

8. (verb) gun
shoot with a gun

Definition of 'GUN'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) gun
a weapon that shoots bullets or shells
The soldier pointed the gun at him.; an artillery gun/a machine gun; Police say he is carrying a gun.

2. gun
a machine or device shaped like a gun
a radar/paint gun

Definition of 'GUN'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) GUN
a weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary

2. (noun) GUN
a piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon

3. (noun) GUN
violent blasts of wind

4. GUN
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5. (verb) GUN
to practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning

Definition of 'GUN'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. GUN
1. A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity. 2. A cannon with tube length 30 calibers or more. See also howitzer; mortar.

Translation of 'GUN'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: any weapon which fires bullets or shells He fired a gun at the burglar.
Afrikaans: geweer	Arabic: بُنْدُقِيَّه، مدْفَع	Bulgarian: оръжие
Brazilian: arma	Czech: střelná zbraň	German: das Gewehr, das Geschütz
Danish: skydevåben	Greek: όπλο, κανόνι, πιστόλι	Spanish: arma de fuego; pistola
Estonian: püss, tulirelv	Farsi: تفنگ	Finnish: ase
French: armeà feu	Hebrew: רוֹבֶה, אֶקדָח, תוֹתָח	Hindi: तोप, बन्दूक
Croatian: puška, pištolj, top	Hungarian: (lő)fegyver	Indonesian: senjata api
Icelandic: byssa, skotvopn	Italian: arma da fuoco	Japanese: 銃
Korean: 무기	Lithuanian: šaunamasis ginklas	Latvian: šautene; lielgabals
Malay: senjata api	Dutch: pistool, geweer	Norwegian: skytevåpen; gevær, pistol
Polish: rewolwer, pistolet	Persian: تفنگ	Pashto: توپک
Portuguese: arma	Romanian: armă de foc	Russian: (огнестрельное) оружие
Slovak: strelná zbraň	Slovenian: puška	Serbian: oružje
Swedish: kanon, bössa, revolver, p	Thai: ปืน	Turkish: silâh, tüfek, tabanca
Taiwanese: 槍，砲	Ukrainian: стріляти	Urdu: گولی چھوڑنے والا ہتھیار،
Vietnamese: súng	Chinese: 枪，炮
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