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  • 31jump — v 1. spring, leap, hop, vault, bound, buck, pounce; skip, caper, Inf. hippety hop, leapfrog; frolic, frisk, cavort, gambol, bob, bounce; high jump, broad jump, pole vault; upleap, upswing, caracole, curvet, gambado. 2. rise up, scart, start up,… …

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  • 32gun — gun1 gunless, adj. /gun/, n., v., gunned, gunning. n. 1. a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance. 2. any portable firearm, as a rifle,… …

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  • 33jump the gun — verb a) to begin a race too soon, before the starting gun goes off Shoe designers jump the gun on priorities; use substitutes while leather is available [ …

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  • 34gun — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. firearm (see arms). II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A cannon] Syn. piece, orDNAnce, heavy orDNAnce, rifle. Types of large guns include: long gun, siege gun, howitzer, mortar, antitank gun, culverin, field… …

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  • 35gun — I UK [ɡʌn] / US noun [countable] Word forms gun : singular gun plural guns *** 1) a) a weapon that shoots bullets, for example a pistol or a rifle. You load a gun with ammunition and pull the trigger to use it a gang armed with machine guns Move! …

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  • 36gun — gun1 W2S2 [gʌn] n [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Perhaps from Gunnilda, a woman s name, from Old Norse Gunnhildr] 1.) a metal weapon which shoots bullets or ↑shells have/hold/carry a gun ▪ I could see he was carrying a gun. ▪ I ve never fired a gun in …

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  • 37jump*/*/*/ — [dʒʌmp] verb I 1) [I] to push your body off the ground using your legs The cat jumped up onto my lap.[/ex] The children were all jumping up and down and cheering.[/ex] 2) [I] to get a shock and suddenly move your body slightly because of this The …

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  • 38gun — n. & v. n. 1 any kind of weapon consisting of a metal tube and often held in the hand with a grip at one end, from which bullets or other missiles are propelled with great force, esp. by a contained explosion. 2 any device imitative of this, e.g …

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  • 39gun — [[t]gʌ̱n[/t]] ♦♦ guns, gunning, gunned 1) N COUNT A gun is a weapon from which bullets or other things are fired. He produced a gun and he came into the house... The inner city has guns and crime and drugs and deprivation. ...gun control laws. 2) …

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  • 40jump — 1. verb 1) the cat jumped off his lap Flora began to jump around Syn: leap, spring, bound, hop; skip, caper, dance, prance, frolic, cavort 2) he jumped the fence Syn …

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