gun
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7.5
- noun
- /ɡʌn/
- NSFW
- - He's mighty handy with a gun.
- a hired gun
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Examples
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Put the gun down!
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If he's the best with a knife and a gun, with whom does he compete?
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I, on the other hand, have never fired a gun in my life.
Academic text (2013) -
Find out more about the guy with the gun.
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That guy has a gun!
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On one particular night, he was waiting with a gun and a bottle of cheap alcohol.
Academic text (2013) -
" People came to Horner and encouraged him to get his gun and help."
Academic text (2013) -
The other hand rested on the butt of a gun strapped to his waist.
Fiction book (1990) -
All he saw were two nonchalant little boys sitting with their guns beside them, slapping mosquitoes.
Fiction book (1990) -
The skilled gun made accuracy seem effortless during the competition.
Synonyms
∞
1.9
A person or animal that makes another living thing die on purpose
711
3.4
A person who illegally kills another person on purpose
463
3.6
A person who fires a gun, sometimes paid to kill others
294
7.4
A person who shoots at people from a hidden place, often in the military or police
228
4.8
A person who uses a gun to hurt or kill others
75
7.6
A person who criminals pay to kill someone
49
6.1
A person who aims and fires weapons, often in the military or in contests
25
5.2
A person who can hit targets very accurately with a gun or in sport
25
5.9
A person who shoots very accurately with a gun
14
8.7
A person in the Old West who uses guns very well, often a sheriff or outlaw
11
8.9
A person paid to kill someone
11
6.3
A person who fights with guns, often in the Old West
7
4.9
A soldier who uses a rifle as their main weapon
6
9.7
A person who uses a gun to kill people for money or on orders
5
9.1
A person who is paid to kill someone with a gun
4
6.5
A person who hits targets very accurately with a gun
1
8.2
A person who is very good at using guns and hitting targets
1
9.9
A person who uses a small gun, often a soldier
1
9.9
A person paid by criminals to kill people
1
7.7
A woman who shoots well with a gun
1
8.4
A woman who uses a gun, often to commit crimes
1
9.9
A person who kills someone, usually with a gun
1
6.5
A person who shoots very well, often in the army or competitions
A woman who is trained to use a rifle, often as a soldier or in shooting sports
Idioms
- Offensive
1
9.9
To say you want to kill yourself to show you feel very desperate, often offensive
- NSFW
To say as a joke that you will kill yourself because you feel very frustrated
Compounds
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5.0
A small device that gives a short electric shock to stop a person moving for a short time
6
3.2
A gun that shoots small paint-filled balls used in a game where players mark each other
- Archaic
5
8.2
A short, powerful automatic gun used by soldiers and criminals in the early 1900s
- Specialized
4
6.3
A part of a ship, plane, or vehicle that holds guns and turns to aim them
- Specialized
2
6.5
A device that fires small gas containers like tear gas to make crowds move away
- Specialized
2
8.3
A protected place built where a gun is placed and fired, often for defense
- Specialized
2
8.1
A rifle used by soldiers that can fire many shots quickly and has a large magazine
- Specialized
1
6.3
A device that makes and focuses a thin beam of electrons in a television or microscope
- Archaic
1
9.4
A room on a warship where junior officers sleep, study and sometimes keep guns
- Specialized
1
6.8
A large movable weapon soldiers use on the battlefield to fire at enemy troops
- Archaic
1
6.4
A belt-fed machine gun used by US forces in World War II and the Korean War
1
6.9
A device that shoots a long pointed spear to catch large sea animals like whales or fish
1
8.1
A .45-caliber automatic gun used by soldiers, police, and gangsters in the 20th century
- Archaic
1
8.1
An armored vehicle with a large gun on a tank body that supports soldiers and fights tanks
- NSFW
1
9.2
A hidden device set to shoot as a trap when someone touches or moves something near it
- Archaic
A suspended gun that measures bullet speed from its backward swing when fired
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Etymology
Gun meaning a person comes from the weapon itself: someone very good with a gun is called a gun, like calling them a top 'shooter'. So this use means a skilled shooter or a professional who uses firearms.