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gun  

EN[ɡʌn]
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  • NomPLguns
    1. A device for projecting a hard object very forcefully; a firearm or cannon.
      1. Guns were considered improvements of crossbows and catapults. ‎
      2. It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street.  [ …] . He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
    2. A device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm.
      1. There are some guns that are not designed for killing. ‎
      2. air-pressure pellet gun;  air rifle;  BB gun;  zipgun;  nail gun ;  a potato gun ‎
      3. a squirt gun;  a spray gun;  a grease gun ‎
      4. a rivet gun;  a screw gun;  a price-label gun ‎
    3. (surfing) 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).
      1. (cellular automata) A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
        1. COL A man who carries or uses a rifle, shotgun or handgun.
          1. COL (chiefly in the plural) The biceps.
            1. (nautical, in the plural) Violent blasts of wind.
            2. VerbeSGgunsPRgunningPT, PPgunned
              1. (with “down”) To shoot someone or something, usually with a firearm.
                1. He gunned down the hitmen.
                2. The CEO gunned down that idea before we could present it to the board.
              2. To speed something up.
                1. He gunned the engine.
              3. To offer vigorous support to a person or cause.
                1. He’s gunning for you.
              4. To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone.
                1. He's been gunning for you ever since you embarrassed him at the party.
              5. To practice fowling or hunting small game; chiefly in participial form: to go gunning.
                1. Eye dialect spelling of going to.
                  1. I'm gun go get da gun from da closet.
              6. Plus d'exemples
                1. Utilisé au milieu de la phrase
                  • The fire from the enemy guns kept us from attacking. ‎
                  • You're going to have to gun it to pick up that much speed in such a short distance.
                  • We have a theory, but we haven't found a smoking gun yet.
                2. Utilisé dans la fin de la phrase
                  • With a garden hose, you can blow your opponent out of the water, if he only has a squirt gun.
                  • Once cornered, the bank robbers 'resorted to using their guns.
                  • The Indomitable raked the frigate's stern with double-shotted guns.

              Meaning of gun for the defined word.

              Grammaticalement, ce mot "gun" est un nom, plus spécifiquement, un noms dénombrable. C'est aussi un verbe.
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