English to English
gun
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noun (n)
- a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel)(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- large but transportable armament(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a professional killer who uses a gun(noun.person)source: wordnet30
- a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a pedal that controls the throttle valve(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies(noun.act)Example:
Two runners started before the gun.
A twenty gun salute.
source: wordnet30 - 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- shoot with a gun(verb.competition)source: wordnet30
- To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning.(verb)source: webster1913