gun

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 See also 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Adjective 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Verb 3 Japanese 3.1 Romaji 4 Kurdish 4.1 Noun 5 Mandarin 5.1 Pinyin syllable 5.1.1 Usage notes 6 Scottish Gaelic 6.1 Conjunction 6.2 Preposition

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English Lady Gunilda which was a huge crossbow that used powerful shot. It later became used for firearms like cannons and muskets. The Germanic woman’s name “Gundahild” , cognate to modern Scandinavian Gunhild, means “war" + "battle maid”.

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: gŭn, IPA: /ɡʌn/, SAMPA: /gVn/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -ʌn

[edit] Noun

gun (plural guns)

1. (military) A cannon with relatively long barrel, operating with relatively low angle of fire, and having a high muzzle velocity. JP 1-02.
2. (military) 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 weapon, for hand use; a bullet or projectile-firing weapon; a handgun: a revolver, pistol, Derringer, zipgun, so forth.
4. A less portable, long weapon; a bullet or projectile firing weapon; a 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.)

5. Any weapon that launches 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.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. (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).

   2000: by the winter of 1962, the Brewer Surfboards Hawaii gun was the most in-demand big-wave equipment on the North Shore. — Drew Kampion at surfline.com [1]

9. (colloquial, usually plural) biceps.

[edit] 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 grease gun gunboat gun cotton, guncotton gun culture gun dog, gundog

gun down gunfight gunfighter gunfire gunflint gun it 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 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

[edit] See also

automatic bean-shooter (slang) cannon water cannon long rifle

musket pistol roscoe (slang)

sand blaster semi-automatic water cannon

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to gun (third-person singular simple present guns, present participle gunning, simple past and past participle gunned)

1. (with “down”) 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.

2. To speed something up.

   He gunned the engine up.

3. To offer vigorous support to a person or cause.

   He’s gunning for you.

4. To seek to attack someone; to take aim at someone.

   He's been gunning for you ever since you embarrassed him at the party.

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[edit] Adjective

gun (comparative more gun, superlative most gun)

1. (Australian, slang) To be very good or the best at something.[2]

   Daniel is gun at basketball.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɣʏn/
•  Dutch pronunciation^{help, file}

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gun

1. First person present tense of gunnen; allowing or indulging something (pleasurable) to somebody; grant, indulge, not envy.

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[edit] Japanese

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gun (hiragana ぐん)

1. 軍: army

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gun m.

1. testicle, ball, bollock, egg, nut, orchis, testis

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gun

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of three tones, gūn, gǔn, or gùn.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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gun/gum/gu/

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

[edit] Preposition

gun

1. without

   gun teagamh - without a doubt