Talk:big gun

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big gun

1st sense: A large-caliber artillery piece. Looks suspiciously big + gun. --Rising Sun talk? contributions 18:57, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, move it to be under the other sense, and listed as merely {{&lit|big|gun}}.​—msh210℠ 19:02, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

What he said. Mglovesfun (talk) 19:25, 8 April 2010 (UTC)

So'P. Gun is the artilleryman's usual term for an artillery piece other than a mortar or howitzer (while cannon is not, so some definitions in gun look to be wrong). —Michael Z. 2010-04-08 19:28 z

Update: OED gives the phrase great gun, also big gun, meaning artillery gun, in contrast to small gun, meaning a hand firearm (“the terms are now obsolete;” 9 quotations given for great gun from 1408–1849, 3 for big gun 1886–1915). —Michael Z. 2010-04-13 17:29 z

If that's true, big is not subjective here, so the phrase is not SoP. But then our definition needs revising.​—msh210℠ 18:03, 13 April 2010 (UTC)

kept and definition improved. -- Prince Kassad 09:15, 22 March 2011 (UTC)