Gun
[gʌn] or [ɡʌn]
Definition
(noun.) the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; 'two runners started before the gun'; 'a twenty gun salute'.
(noun.) a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel).
(verb.) shoot with a gun.
Inputed by Alex--From WordNet
Definition
(-) of Gin
(n.) A weapon which throws or propels a missile to a distance; any firearm or instrument for throwing projectiles by the explosion of gunpowder, consisting of a tube or barrel closed at one end, in which the projectile is placed, with an explosive charge behind, which is ignited by various means. Muskets, rifles, carbines, and fowling pieces are smaller guns, for hand use, and are called small arms. Larger guns are called cannon, ordnance, fieldpieces, carronades, howitzers, etc. See these terms in the Vocabulary.
(n.) A piece of heavy ordnance; in a restricted sense, a cannon.
(n.) Violent blasts of wind.
(v. i.) To practice fowling or hunting small game; -- chiefly in participial form; as, to go gunning.
Checker: Mortimer
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Fire-arm, BLUNDERBUSS.
Typed by Benjamin
Definition
n. a firearm or weapon from which balls or other projectiles are discharged usually by means of gunpowder—now generally applied to cannon: one who carries a gun a member of a shooting-party.—v.i. (Amer.) to shoot with a gun.—ns. Gun′-barr′el the barrel or tube of a gun; Gun′boat a boat or small vessel of light draught fitted to carry one or more guns; Gun′-carr′iage a carriage on which a gun or cannon is supported; Gun′-cott′on an explosive prepared by saturating cotton with nitric acid; Gun′-fire (mil.) the hour at which the morning or evening gun is fired; Gun′-flint a piece of flint fitted to the hammer of a flint-lock musket; Gun′-met′al an alloy of copper and tin in the proportion of 9 to 1 used in making guns; Gun′nage the number of guns carried by a ship of war; Gun′ner one who works a gun or cannon: (naut.) a petty officer who has charge of the ordnance on board ship; Gun′nery the art of managing guns or the science of artillery; Gun′ning shooting game; Gun′-port a port-hole; Gun′powder an explosive powder used for guns and firearms; Gun′-room the apartment on board ship occupied by the gunner or by the lieutenants as a mess-room; Gun′shot the distance to which shot can be thrown from a gun.—adj. caused by the shot of a gun.—adj. Gun′-shy frightened by guns (of a sporting dog).—ns. Gun′smith a smith or workman who makes or repairs guns or small-arms; Gun′stick a ramrod; Gun′stock the stock or piece of wood on which the barrel of a gun is fixed; Gun′stone (Shak.) a stone formerly used as shot for a gun; Gun′-tack′le (naut.) the tackle used on board ship by which the guns are run to and from the port-holes; Gun′-wad a wad for a gun; Gat′ling-gun a revolving battery-gun invented by R. J. Gatling about 1861 usually having ten parallel barrels capable of firing 1200 shots a minute; Machine′-gun (see Machine).—As sure as a gun quite sure certainly; Blow great guns to blow tempestuously—of wind; Great gun a cannon: (coll.) a person of great importance; Son of a gun a rogue rascal.
Typist: Maxine
Unserious Contents or Definition
This is a dream of distress. Hearing the sound of a gun, denotes loss of employment, and bad management to proprietors of establishments. If you shoot a person with a gun, you will fall into dishonor. If you are shot, you will be annoyed by evil persons, and perhaps suffer an acute illness. For a woman to dream of shooting, forecasts for her a quarreling and disagreeable reputation connected with sensations. For a married woman, unhappiness through other women.
Editor: Wallace
Examples
- Weight of gun, carriage, limber, drag ropes, tools, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I suppose it's smarter to use these rocks and build a good blind for this gun than to make a proper emplacement for it. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- He took the clip out of the submachine gun and worked the lock back and forth. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Weight of gun, 6,170 pounds. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The heaviest British gun at that time was of 111-ton weight. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Stripping his harness from him I securely bound his hands behind his back, and after similarly fastening his feet tied him to a heavy gun carriage. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- I went into the kitchen, the butler's pantry, the gun-room, the billiard-room, the drawing-room, and finally the dining-room. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Have you seen such guns? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The Dutch fleet, frozen in the Texel, surrendered to a handful of cavalry without firing its guns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It was proposed also to have submarine guns suspended from each bow. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Turning to the right and left he captured several guns and some hundreds of prisoners. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- These guns for the most part were so heavy that they had to be rested on some object to be fired. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Guns sold better than all other products. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- No guns or caissons should be taken with less than eight horses. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Then the planes machine-gunned the hilltop and went away. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The whole captures since the army started out gunning will amount to not less than twelve thousand men, and probably fifty pieces of artillery. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Checked by Ernest