jump of a gun

  • 11gun — [gun] n. [ME gunne, gonne, contr. < gonnilde, a 14th c. cannon < ON Gunnhildr, fem. name (< gunnr, older form of guthr, war + hildr, battle)] 1. a weapon consisting of a metal tube from which a projectile is discharged by the force of an …

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  • 12Jump Start (comic) — Jump Start is a daily comic strip by cartoonist Robb Armstrong. Armstong attended Syracuse University, where in 1982 he created a popular comic strip in the student newspaper The Daily Orange . That strip was called Hector and its main characters …

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  • 13jump the gun — ► jump the gun informal act before the proper or appropriate time. Main Entry: ↑gun …

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  • 14Gun Blaze West — (jap. ガン ブレイズ ウエスト) ist eine Manga Serie des japanischen Zeichners Nobuhiro Watsuki, die dem Shōnen Genre angehört. Sie erschien 2001 und umfasst über 550 Seiten. Handlung Die Geschichte spielt im Wilden Westen. Der zehnjährige Viu Bannes träumt… …

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  • 15jump the gun — (informal) ACT PREMATURELY, act too soon, be over hasty, be precipitate; informal be ahead of oneself. → jump * * * phrasal or beat the gun 1. : to start in a race before the starting signal disqualified for jumping the gun …

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  • 16jump — jump1 W3S2 [dʒʌmp] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(upwards)¦ 2¦(downwards)¦ 3¦(move fast)¦ 4¦(in fear/surprise)¦ 5¦(increase)¦ 6¦(keep changing)¦ 7¦(miss a stage)¦ 8¦(machine)¦ 9¦(attack)¦ 10 jump to conclusions …

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  • 17jump — [[t]ʤʌ̱mp[/t]] ♦♦ jumps, jumping, jumped 1) VERB If you jump, you bend your knees, push against the ground with your feet, and move quickly upwards into the air. [V prep/adv] I jumped over the fence... [V prep/adv] They came into the front hall,… …

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  • 18jump — /dʒʌmp / (say jump) verb (i) 1. to spring clear of the ground or other support by a sudden muscular effort; propel oneself forwards, backwards, upwards, or downwards; leap. 2. to move or go quickly: she jumped into a taxi. 3. to rise suddenly or… …

  • 19Gun Metal (video game) — Infobox VG| title = Gun Metal developer = Rage Software publisher = Xbox: designer = engine = released =Xbox: genre = Shooting, flight simulator modes = Single player ratings = ESRB: Teen platforms = Xbox, PC media = requirements = input = Gun… …

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  • 20jump — v. & n. v. 1 intr. move off the ground or other surface (usu. upward, at least initially) by sudden muscular effort in the legs. 2 intr. (often foll. by up, from, in, out, etc.) move suddenly or hastily in a specified way (we jumped into the car) …

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