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Princeton's WordNet

  1. big shot, big gun, big wheel, big cheese, big deal, big enchilada, big fish, head honchonoun

    an important influential person

    "he thinks he's a big shot"; "she's a big deal in local politics"; "the Qaeda commander is a very big fish"

Wiktionary

  1. big gunnoun

    A large artillery gun or one of the largest-caliber naval guns (as on a battleship).

  2. big gunnoun

    A person, group, thing, or course of action that is powerful, influential, or particularly effective.

Wikipedia

  1. Big Gun

    Big Gun is a song by Australian rock band AC/DC. It was released as a single in 1993 and can be heard on the soundtrack to the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Last Action Hero, as well as during reruns of the Savage Nation talk show as bumper music. It was later released on the 2009 box set Backtracks. It became the band's first No. 1 on the Album Rock Tracks chart in 1993. At the APRA Music Awards of 1995, the song won Most Performed Australian Work Overseas. AC/DC has played the song live only once during 1996 rehearsals but never at an official show.

ChatGPT

  1. big gun

    A big gun refers to an influential, important, or powerful person, especially in a particular field or organization. It can also refer to a large or heavy artillery piece.

Wikidata

  1. Big Gun

    "Big Gun" is a song by AC/DC. It was released as a single in 1993 and can be heard on the soundtrack to the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie Last Action Hero, as well as during reruns of the Savage Nation talk show as bumper music. It was later released on the 2009 box set Backtracks. It became the band's first No. 1 on the Album Rock Tracks chart in 1993. AC/DC has only played the song live once during 1996 rehearsals but never at an official show.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of big gun in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of big gun in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of big gun in a Sentence

  1. Anthony Reynolds:

    Just boom boom boom boom boom boom rapid, you could tell there's a big gun. You're not going to get those from no handgun. You're not.

  2. Joe Walsh:

    Im a big gun guy. I believe in the Second Amendment, plain and simple, the problem we have in the country are these mass shootings. There are a lot of things we need to look at... Our focus should be on [that] we dont want anyone who shouldnt have a gun to have a gun.

  3. Ahmad Al-Mahmoud:

    He had a big gun... He came and started shooting everyone in the mosque, everywhere.

  4. Ahmad Al-Mahmoud:

    He had a big gun ... he came and started shooting everyone in the mosque, everywhere.

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