gun smoke
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2.7
- noun
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- I want to smell gun smoke for once.
- the smell of gun smoke
- a cloud of gun smoke
- gun smoke drifted
Examples
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He couldn't hardly see a thing for the gun smoke but knew he had put four Injuns on the ground and the other one was just getting to his moccasins, still bent over in pain.
Fiction book (2002) -
It wasn't gun smoke, but fire.
Fiction book (1990) -
I love the smell of gun smoke in the morning.
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You know, you know, nothing but a little gun smoke.
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From now on, when we fight with them, the air's gonna be full of gun smoke.
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Gun smoke at the O.K. Corral.
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Frank waved gun smoke out of his face as he walked over to Vance Walters.
Fiction book (2001) -
The air was thick with gun smoke after the shooting ended.
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As the last shot rang out, a cloud of gun smoke filled the room.
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He could still smell the acrid gun smoke from the earlier skirmish.
Synonyms
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1.0
A cloud of tiny particles and gas made by burning something
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1.9
A large mass of smoke in the air from a fire
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3.6
A small quick cloud of smoke that appears and disappears
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the smoke produced when a gun is fired' is directly derivable from combining 'gun' (a firearm) with 'smoke' (a visible plume from combustion). This literal noun–noun composition follows regular compositional patterns found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Gun smoke comes from the real smoke made when a gun is fired and the gunpowder burns, leaving a cloud and a strong smell. That's why it means 'the smoke produced when a gun is fired'.