gun
A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
Noun 4 meanings
A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
“Guns were considered improvements of crossbows and catapults.”
A device operated by a trigger and acting in a manner similar to a firearm.
“air-pressure pellet gun”
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, Drew Kampion, surfline.com by the winter of 1962, the Brewer Surfboards Hawaii gun was the most in-demand big-wave equipment on the North Shore.”
A pattern that "fires" out other patterns.
Verb 4 meanings
To shoot with a gun.
To cause to speed up.
“He gunned the engine.”
To offer vigorous support to (a person or cause).
“We're all gunning for you.”
To strongly desire or seek, and make a great effort to obtain (something which one is 'gunning for' or 'gunning to do').
Etymology
From Middle English gunne, gonne, possibly from Gunnhild, a female given name formerly used as a nickname for engines of war (compare Nordic Gunn, a female name meaning “battle”). The name is composed of the Norse elements gunnr and hildr, both meaning "battle".
GUN at a glance
GUN has 3 letters and scores 4 points in Scrabble (G 2 + U 1 + N 1) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,129 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with gun
All rhymes- BEGUN8
- SHOTGUN11
- HANDGUN12
- SHOGUN10
- MACHINEGUN18
- SCATTERGUN13
- OUTGUN7
- BLOWGUN13
- SPEARGUN11
- POPGUN11
- PROGUN9
- FLASHGUN15
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