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"Gun" Definition

noun

A cannon with a long barrel and a relatively low angle of fire.
A device resembling a firearm or cannon, as in its ability to project something, such as grease, under pressure or at great speed.
A discharge of a firearm or cannon as a signal or salute.
A person skilled in the use of a gun.
A portable firearm, such as a rifle or revolver.

idiom

Go great guns To proceed or perform with great speed, skill, or success.
Under the gun Under great pressure or under threat.

phrasal-verb

Gun for To go after in earnest; set out to obtain: gunning for a promotion.
Gun for To pursue relentlessly so as to overcome or destroy.

verb-transitive

Maine To hunt (game).
To open the throttle of (an engine) so as to accelerate: gunned the engine and sped off.
To shoot (a person): a bank robber who was gunned down by the police.

verb-intransitive

To hunt with a gun.

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