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gun shop

gun shop

12 2.1
A store that sells guns and ammunition
  • noun
  • /ɡʌn ʃɑp/
translation icon : armería
  • He's a former mercenary and Special Forces member who owns a gun shop and is a gun aficionado.
  • gun shop owner
  • local gun shop
  • go to a gun shop

Same idea in in this sense, you can sue the gun shop that sells the weapon.

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Examples

  • According to the gun shop records, an automatic assault weapon was purchased in your name.

  • The gun shop on the corner specializes in custom rifles and hunting gear.

  • I own a gun shop.

  • Stopped at the gun shop.

  • A high percentage of Arizona gun shop sales end up in Mexico.

    Blog text (21)
  • He owns a gun shop.

  • He has three kids and he owns a gun shop in San Antonio.

  • For the doubters here and about, visit a local gun shop or shooting range and converse with the people there.

    Blog text (30)
  • I drive past the gun shop, which is covered with fishnet and painted camouflage green and gray.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Bright had been trailing the black Suburban for nearly thirty miles, ever since it had left the gun shop in Sheridan, something called Mighty Malcolm's Arsenal and Ordnance.

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

shop
vsgun shop
1.0

A place where people buy things and pay for services

is a store that sells firearms and related equipment specifically

Surface Forms

gun shop singular
gun shops plural

Morphology

gun + shop

The meaning 'a store selling firearms' is transparently composed from 'gun' (firearm) + 'shop' (place to buy goods): this item + place compounding pattern directly indicates a shop that sells the named item. This construction is common cross‑linguistically and would be readily understood by a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.

Etymology

The compound gun shop shows a simple picture: a gun and a shop where things are sold. That's why gun shop means 'a store where firearms and related equipment are sold'.