Gun

Noun

 * 1)  A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity. JP 1-02.
 * 2)  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.
 * 3) A very portable, short arm, for hand use; a bullet or projectile-firing ;   handgun, revolver,  pistol, Derringer, zipgun, so forth.
 * 4) A less portable, long arm;  bullet or projectile firing;    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.)
 * 1) Any implement designed to fire 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.
 * 2) 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.
 * 3) 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.
 * 4)  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. &mdash; Drew Kampion at surfline.com
 * 1)  A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
 * 2) * 2000, Gary William Flake, The computational beauty of nature
 * 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...
 * 1)  Biceps.

Verb

 * 1)  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.
 * 1) To speed something up.
 * He gunned the engine.
 * 1) To offer vigorous support to a person or cause.
 * He’s gunning for you.
 * 1) 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

 * 1)  To be very good or the best at something.
 * Daniel is gun at basketball.

Derived terms

 * air gun, airgun
 * BB gun
 * big gun
 * blowgun, blow gun
 * cap-gun
 * chase gun
 * coilgun, coil gun
 * costain gun
 * electric gun
 * electron gun
 * flame gun
 * flare gun
 * flashgun
 * Gatling gun
 * Gauss gun
 * glue gun
 * go great guns
 * grease gun
 * gunboat
 * gun cotton, guncotton
 * gun culture
 * gun dog, gundog


 * gun down
 * gunfight
 * gunfighter
 * gunfire
 * gunflint
 * gun it
 * gun lobby
 * gunman
 * gunmetal
 * gunner
 * gunnery
 * gunplay
 * gunpoint
 * gunport
 * gunpowder, gun powder
 * gunroom
 * gunrunner
 * gunrunning
 * gunship
 * gunshot
 * gunshy, gun-shy, gun shy
 * gunsight


 * gunslinger
 * gunsmith
 * gunstock
 * gunzel
 * handgun
 * hookgun
 * jump the gun
 * laser gun, laser-gun, lasergun
 * light gun
 * long gun
 * machine gun, machine-gun
 * minigun
 * nailgun, nail gun
 * outgun
 * pellet gun
 * popgun, pop gun
 * radar gun
 * rail gun, railgun
 * railroad gun
 * railway gun
 * ray gun, ray-gun, raygun
 * shotgun, shot-gun


 * six-gun
 * smoking gun
 * son of a gun
 * spear gun
 * spring gun
 * spud gun
 * squirt gun
 * staple gun
 * Sten gun
 * stick to one’s guns
 * stun gun
 * stutter gun
 * submachine gun
 * swivel gun
 * Tommy gun
 * toy gun
 * under the gun
 * water gun
 * young gun
 * zipgun

Thesaurus
AA gun, Armstrong, BAR, BB gun, Benet-Mercie, Beretta, Big Bertha, Bren, Bren gun, Browning, Cain, Colt, Garand, Garand rifle, Garling, Gatling, Gatling gun, Hotchkiss, Krupp, Lancaster, Lee-Enfield, Lee-Metford, Lewis, Lewis gun, Long Tom, Luger, Mannlicher, Marlin, Martini-Henry, Mauser, Maxim, Minie, Mossberg, Nimrod, Oerlikon, Paixhans, Parrott, Remington, Savage, Smith and Wesson, Snider, Spandau, Springfield, Stevens, Thompson submachine gun, Vickers, Vickers-Maxim, Webley-Scott, Winchester, Y-gun, adventurer, air gun, antiaircraft gun, antitank gun, antitank rifle, apache, archer, arquebus, arrest, artillerist, artilleryman, assassin, assassinator, atom gun, atomic cannon, atomic gun, automatic, automatic pistol, barrel, bazooka, beat, bell, bloodletter, bloodshedder, blowgun, blowpipe, blunderbuss, bolt, bolt-action rifle, bomb thrower, bombard, bombardier, bomber, bowman, bowshot, bravo, breech, breechloader, brown Bess, bruiser, bulldog, bullet, burker, burp gun, butcher, butt, button man, caliver, cane gun, cannibal, cannon, cannoneer, carabineer, carbine, carronade, chamber, charge, chase, chassepot, check, checkmate, cock, condottiere, course, crack shot, culverin, cutoff, cutthroat, cylinder, dart gun, dead shot, dead stop, deadeye, deadlock, desperado, detonate, detonation, discharge, dog, drive, drop, eject, ejection, end, endgame, ending, eradicator, escopeta, executioner, exterminator, falcon, falconet, fell, field gun, fieldpiece, final whistle, fire, fire off, firearm, firelock, flamethrower, flintlock, flush, follow the hounds, forty-five, forty-four, fowl, fowling piece, free lance, full stop, fusil, fusillade, garroter, gat, go hunting, good shot, goon, gorilla, grinding halt, gun carriage, gun for, gunfire, gunman, gunner, gunsel, gunshot, gunslinger, hackbut, halt, hammer, handgun, harpoon gun, harquebus, hatchet man, hawk, head-hunter, heater, hedgehog, hellion, hired gun, hired killer, hireling, hit, hit man, holy terror, homicidal maniac, homicide, hood, hoodlum, hooligan, horse pistol, hound, howitzer, hunt, hunt down, hunter, jack, jacklight, killer, let fly, let off, load, lock, lockout, machine gun, machine gunner, machine pistol, magazine, man-eater, man-killer, manslayer, marksman, markswoman, massacrer, matador, matchlock, mercenary, mortar, mountain gun, mug, mugger, murderer, muscle man, musket, musketeer, musketoon, muzzle, muzzle-loader, needle gun, peashooter, pedrero, pelt, pepper, pesticide, petronel, pick off, piece, pistol, plug, plug-ugly, poison, poisoner, pom-pom, popgun, pot, potshoot, potshot, prime, professional killer, prowl after, receiver, repeater, revolver, riddle, ride to hounds, rifle, rifleman, rod, rodman, roughneck, run, salvo, sawed-off shotgun, sear, semiautomatic, sharpshooter, shikar, shoot, shoot at, shoot down, shooter, shooting iron, shot, shotgun, sight, sit-down strike, six-gun, six-shooter, skysweeper, slaughterer, slayer, snipe, sniper, soldier of fortune, sport, spray, stalemate, stalk, stand, standoff, standstill, start, stay, still-hunt, stock, stoneshot, stop, stoppage, strangler, strike, strong-arm man, submachine gun, swivel, take a potshot, targetshooter, tattoo, terror, thirty-thirty, thirty-two, thug, torpedo, tough, toxophilite, track, trail, trapshooter, trigger, trigger man, ugly customer, volley, walkout, wind-gun, work stoppage, zip gun

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

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic: مدفع
 * Breton: kanol
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: ,
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * French: canon
 * Georgian:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: תותח
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 총
 * Latvian: lielgabals
 * Lithuanian: patranka, pabūklas, armota
 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian: tun
 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian: scupetta
 * Slovak: kanón, delo
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: kanon
 * Vietnamese: đại bác


 * Breton: arm-tan
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 * Dutch:
 * Georgian:
 * Hebrew: תותח
 * Icelandic:
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 * Russian: ,
 * Sicilian: scupetta
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: obús
 * Swedish: haubits, kanon
 * Vietnamese: đại bác


 * Armenian: ատրճանակ (atrč̣anak)
 * Breton: arm-tan, pistolenn
 * Catalan:
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 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: თოფი
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, stukker
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Ido:


 * Italian: pistola
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Latvian: pistole, revolveris
 * Lithuanian: pistoletas, revolveris
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: arma de fogo
 * Romanian: pistol, revolver
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sicilian: scupetta
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: pistola
 * Swedish: pistol
 * Vietnamese:
 * !Xóõ: thòbolò


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 * Italian: ,
 * Latvian: šautene, bise
 * Lithuanian: šautuvas
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: pușcă
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: bunduki (nc 9/10)
 * Swedish: gevär, bössa
 * Vietnamese:


 * : 炮 (pào), 槍, 枪 (qiāng)
 * : arme à feu
 * : बंदूक
 * : senapan, pistol
 * : arma de foco
 * : arma da fuoco
 * : 銃 (じゅう, jū), 拳銃 (けんじゅう, kenjū), 鉄砲 (てっぽう, teppō), 大砲 (たいほう, taihō)
 * : 銃 (じゅう, jū), 拳銃 (けんじゅう, kenjū), 鉄砲 (てっぽう, teppō), 大砲 (たいほう, taihō)


 * : തോക്ക് (thOkku)
 * : pū
 * : बंदूक
 * : skytevåpen, kanon , gevær , pistol
 * : arma de fogo, revóvel, pistola
 * : bunduki (nc 9/10)
 * : skjutvapen, kanon
 * : తుపాకీ (tupaaki)
 * : súng
 * : ביקס (biks)

Verb

 * Catalan:
 * Dutch: neerschieten
 * Finnish:
 * Polish: zastrzelić


 * Russian: застрелить (zastr'elít')
 * Swedish: skjuta
 * Vietnamese:


 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:


 * Polish: podkręcić
 * Russian: прибавить газу (pribávit' gazu), газовать (gazovát), газануть (gazanút)

Anagrams

 * GNU, gnu, nug

Noun

 * 1)  army
 * 2)  district, county
 * 3)  group (mathematics)

Noun

 * 1) testicle, ball, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testis

Pinyin syllable
gun



Etymology 1
From co:.

Conjunction

 * 1) that
 * an t-amadan sin gun do thagh thu - That fool that you voted for
 * am fear gum pòs aig an deireadh na mìosa - that man that will marry at the end of the month
 * an taigh gu bheil aice - that house that she has

Etymology 2
From cen:.

Preposition

 * 1) without
 * gun teagamh - without a doubt