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Gun

noun

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

Large but transportable armament. Synonyms: artillery, heavy weapon, ordnance.

A person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability). Synonym: gunman.

A professional killer who uses a gun. Synonyms: gun for hire, gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, hit man, hitman, shooter, torpedo, triggerman.

A hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine. Synonym: grease-gun.

A pedal that controls the throttle valve. Synonyms: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas, gas pedal, throttle.

The discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies. "A twenty gun salute"

verb

Shoot with a gun.

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"Gun" Quotes from Famous Books

... contrived the cotton-gin in 1792, and some years later the machinery for the manufacture of fire-arms, involving the principle of absolute uniformity in the pattern of each part, so that any injured or missing portion of a gun may be instantly supplied without ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864 • Various

... he blubbered. 'Damn you!' And before I knew it, and with all the strength, I imagine, left in him, he was on his feet and I was looking down the barrel of his gun. It looked very round and big and black, too. Beyond it his eyes were regarding me; they were quite mad, there was no doubt about that, but, just the way a dying man achieves some of his old desire to will, there was definite purpose in them. 'You get out of my way,' ...

— The Best Short Stories of 1915 - And the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various

... open and we'll have them on the lake inside of two minutes," he cried. "Give me your arms, Rod! There! Can you hold the gun?" ...

— The Wolf Hunters - A Tale of Adventure in the Wilderness • James Oliver Curwood

... first time he could wipe the sweat from his face and stretch himself. And also he could think. Carrigan possessed an unalterable faith in the infallibility of the mind. "You can do anything with the mind," was his code. "It is better than a good gun." ...

— The Flaming Forest • James Oliver Curwood

... can I do more!" said John: "have not I been standing here this half hour with my gun in my hand this fine day, listening to you prosing about I don't ...

— Tales and Novels, Vol. VII - Patronage • Maria Edgeworth

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