gun

¹gun

noun \ˈgən\

Definition of GUN

1

a : a piece of ordnance usually with high muzzle velocity and comparatively flat trajectory b : a portable firearm (as a rifle or handgun) c : a device that throws a projectile

2

a : a discharge of a gun especially as a salute or signal b : a signal marking a beginning or ending

3

a : hunter b : gunman

4

: something suggesting a gun in shape or function

5

: throttle

— gunned \ˈgənd\ adjective

— under the gun

: under pressure or attack

Examples of GUN

1. a gun battle between gang members and the police
2. She claimed that the gun went off accidentally.

Origin of GUN

Middle English gonne, gunne

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to GUN

Synonyms: arm, firearm, heat [slang], piece, small arm

Related Words: derringer, forty-five (or .45), gat [slang], handgun, pistol, revolver, rod [slang], roscoe [slang], sidearm, six-gun, six-shooter, zip gun; self-loader, semiautomatic; blunderbuss, breechloader, culverin, fieldpiece, firelock, flintlock, harquebus (or arquebus), matchlock, musket, rifle, shotgun, smoothbore, twenty-two (or .22); AK-47, assault rifle, assault weapon, automatic, carbine, machine gun, machine pistol, repeater, submachine gun, tommy gun; speargun

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Other Weapons and Explosives Terms

automatic, carbine, cudgel, muzzle, rapier

Rhymes with GUN

bun, done, dun, fen, fun, hon, Hun, jun, maun, none, nun, one, pun, run, shun, son, stun, sun, sunn, ton, tonne, tun, won