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51gun — [[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) …
52jump — 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 …
53gun — /gʌn / (say gun) noun 1. a weapon comprising a metallic tube, with its stock or carriage and attachments, from which heavy missiles are thrown by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance. 2. any portable firearm, as a rifle, revolver, etc.… …
54gun — 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 …
55gun — 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… …
56gun — {{11}}gun (n.) mid 14c., gunne an engine of war that throws rocks, arrows or other missiles, probably a shortening of woman s name Gunilda, found in M.E. gonnilde cannon and in an Anglo Latin reference to a specific gun from a 1330 munitions… …
57gun — See: BIG CHEESE or BIG GUN, GIVE IT THE GUN or GIVE HER THE GUN, GREAT GODFREY or GREAT GUNS, JUMP THE GUN, SON OF A GUN, STICK TO ONE S GUNS or STAND BY ONE S GUNS, TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED or UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED …
58gun — See: BIG CHEESE or BIG GUN, GIVE IT THE GUN or GIVE HER THE GUN, GREAT GODFREY or GREAT GUNS, JUMP THE GUN, SON OF A GUN, STICK TO ONE S GUNS or STAND BY ONE S GUNS, TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED or UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED …
59gun — See: big cheese or big gun, give it the gun or give her the gun, great Godfrey or great guns, jump the gun, son of a gun, stick to one s guns or stand by one s guns, till the last gun is fired or until the last gun is fired …
60gun — noun 1》 a weapon incorporating a metal tube from which bullets or shells are propelled by explosive force. ↘N. Amer. a gunman: a hired gun. 2》 a device for discharging something (e.g. grease) in a required direction. verb (guns, gunning,… …
